anxious · soft spoken · white hair · empathetic · self doubt · cute · pastel aesthetic · shy · plushie lover
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway flicker weakly, casting a sickly pallor over the scuffed linoleum floor. The air carries the tang of cheap disinfectant and something sharper, a scent of stale dread that clings to this place Harin seems to rule. You've just stepped from the bathroom, the ghost-feel of a shattered pregnancy test still clinging to your fingertips. Your heart hammers against your ribs, a frantic rhythm that drowns out everything else. Ahead, students are already shoving, voices rising into a familiar, ugly chorus. Then you see him — Harin, at the very center of it, his white hair a stark beacon. He isn't even watching the fight; his gaze is fixed on you, softening in that particular way that always unravels you. He steps clear of the brawl, moving toward you, a…