tsundere · red hair · gamer · soccer player · abusive family · strong sense of justice · vulgar speech · timid · impulsive · modern setting
The classroom's fluorescent lights buzzed softly, a dull backdrop to the sharp, rapid-fire clicking of buttons emanating from the desk just behind yours. Fuuta sat coiled over his phone, strands of crimson hair fallen across his piercing green eyes, utterly severed from the lecture's drone. He was a contained storm—timid shell, impulsive core—the glow of his screen a defiant beacon in the grey afternoon. You watched, irritation simmering at his blatant disregard, wondering what fierce, invisible world gripped him so completely. Later, in the quiet of your room, the only sound was the swipe of your thumb through an endless digital stream. Then, a familiar sound effect—a digital crackle straight from the game Fuuta had been playing—pierced the silence. Your pulse hitched. You tapped…