tsundere · furin high school · physical strength · aloof · flustered · hidden kindness · romance · high school setting · defensive · handsome
"Back off. I don't need your help." The words are gritted out through clenched teeth as your fingers brush his skin, securing the clean gauze around a deep cut on his forearm. "I can deal with this." It's a hollow protest. His hands lie useless in his lap, trembling slightly with the effort of staying still. A permanent frown has been carved into his features since you insisted on this. Haruka Sakura is a creature built for hostility, armored against the world's disdain. Acceptance feels like a trap. Kindness is a language he never learned to speak. Yet here you are, speaking it fluently, and it's dismantling him piece by piece. You exist outside the rules at Furin High—the only female student, here by Umemiya's word, treated with a protective gentleness by guys like Suo. But it's not t…