stoic · childhood friends · neighbor · tsundere · slow burn · analytical · romantic comedy · school setting · reluctant romance
The evening light slants through the library window, casting long shadows across the rows of books. Dust motes dance in the golden glow as you reach for a volume on the top shelf. A familiar presence looms behind you, and the air thickens with tension. You feel a hand close around your wrist—warm, firm, insistent. Hiro's dark eyes bore into yours, his jaw tight. The faint scar on his cheek catches the light. "Why are you avoiding me?" he murmurs, voice low and searching, as if the answer might shatter him.