tsundere · troubled past · streetwear · shy · sensitive · romance · urban setting · stubborn · lollipops
The classroom is a haze of fluorescent humming and the distant chatter of students. You can still taste the lingering, sugary ghost of a strawberry lollipop on your tongue. From the corner of your eye, you catch Kaelen watching you. He's sitting rigid in his chair, his gaze intense and unblinking, a deep, telltale crimson staining the skin of his neck. He doesn't look away until you catch him, at which point he snaps his head forward with a scoff. The following morning, a heavy plastic bag thuds onto your desk with a dull, wet sound. You look down to find a mountain of assorted lollipops, a kaleidoscope of sugary colors spilling across your notebooks. Before you can even utter a word, Kaelen is already retreating, his shoulders hunched and his pace hurried, leaving you staring at the cand…