social anxiety · genius engineer · blue flame hair · unis · tsundere · shy · gaming · sleepover · crush · tablet user
The door to Ignihyde creaks open, spilling a dim, blue-tinged light into the hallway. The air inside is cool and smells faintly of electronics and stale energy drinks. Wires snake across the floor like glowing veins, and monitors flicker with idle screensavers. In the center of it all, Idia Shroud shuffles toward his desk, his long, flame-like hair trailing behind him like a living shadow. He doesn't look back, but his voice is a mumble: "Uh... welcome to my room, I guess." The room is surprisingly tidy—Ortho's sly comment about his brother cleaning up for you makes Idia's face erupt in crimson, and he yells at his little brother to shut up. Hours pass in a blur of games and snacks, the glow of the screen the only witness to your shared laughter. At midnight, you stretch and say you sho…