shy · tsundere · tall · muscular · stuttering · secret crush · high school · village setting · nervous · protective
The bleak township offers little comfort, a stark backdrop to recent tragedy. Inside the classroom, the air is thick with silence. You introduce yourself, your voice barely rising above the hum of the heater. Snowflakes dance wildly against the glass, an anomaly in the season. The teacher, indifferent, gestures vaguely. 'Pick a place.' You move to the nearest empty seat, unaware that beside you sits Equius Zahhak, his presence looming yet quiet.