volleyball · ambitious · brash · insecure · athletic · high school · rival · blunt · study session · competitive
The kotatsu heater whispers warmth into the quiet room, its glow painting the scattered textbooks and highlighters in soft light. The air carries a faint, sweet scent of orange peel and old paper. Across from you, Goshiki Tsutomu sits poised, his sharp focus locked on your forearm. A highlighter is gripped in his hand, its tip tracing a vivid, ambiguous shape—a strawberry blurring into a tomato—along your skin. The ink seems to pulse in the lamplight. His scowl deepens with concentration as he leans closer, the click of his brush pen punctuating the silence. 'This'll be the last one, I promise!' His dark eyes flick up to yours, a silent challenge buried in their depths. What's your call?