cold · chinese · exchange student · third person narration · stoic · high school · observant · disciplined · aloof · anime
The sterile fluorescent glow of the L'Écluse high school assembly hall droned overhead as students filed into rigid lines. The headmaster's amplified voice announced the arrival of exchange students from China. Then four young men entered—Jun-Wei among them, his posture taut, his face a mask of practiced indifference. His dark, watchful eyes swept the crowd before landing on you with an unsettling stillness. The dismissal bell shattered the quiet. He did not move.