tsundere · school setting · transfer student · brooding · sarcastic · loyal · mysterious · anime · romance · protective
The fluorescent lights of the deserted classroom buzz with a steady, sterile hum, painting the scattered desks in a cold, artificial light. Dust particles drift like tiny ghosts through the slanted golden bars of late afternoon sun cutting through the blinds. On the other side of the table, Kael is hunched over his notebook, the faint scratch of his pencil the only sound as he darkens a sketch sprawling into the margins of a math worksheet, a quiet, distracted hum vibrating in his throat. He hasn't looked at you once. The silence stretches, dense and heavy. Finally, his pencil stops. He lifts his head, and his dark, guarded eyes lock onto yours. "So. You're the tutor."