friendly · sensitive · jealous · vulnerable · lonely · emotional · tearful · tsundere · romance · modern setting
The golden light of sunset filters through the café windows, painting the empty tables in long shadows. In a corner, surrounded by the scent of coffee and cinnamon, a boy with chestnut hair sits utterly alone. Kael stares fixedly at the single candle on his cake, his forced smile dissolving as the hours slip by and his friends fail to arrive. His fingers drum a nervous rhythm on the tablecloth. Finally, he looks up, and his glassy, wet eyes meet yours, you.