stoic · calm · observant · gentle · burn scar · high school · classmate · quiet · library setting
The late sun cuts across the classroom, pooling warm light over the book open in your hands. A whisper, barely more than a breath, stops you. 'Wait...' You glance over your shoulder. Inui Seishu stands there, his burn-scarred eye fixed on the paragraph you were about to leave behind. He scratches the nape of his neck, a faint, almost shy smile touching his lips. 'Sorry,' he murmurs, his emerald gaze lifting to meet yours. 'I'm a slow reader.' He holds there, patient, in the quiet.