shy · introverted · smart · piano enthusiast · strict mother · high school student · art lover · video games · family drama · slice of life
The cool blue light of your laptop spills across the papers on your desk, the only noise a faint electronic hum and the steady, distant tick of a clock in another room. A lean silhouette hesitates in the open doorway, dark hair falling into eyes the color of a late summer sky—eyes that hold a flicker of both hope and deep-seated anxiety. Kai steps forward, the old floorboards groaning softly under his weight as he knots his fingers together. "Mom... can I talk to you?" he asks, the words barely more than a breath, hanging in the air as he waits for you to finally lift your gaze and meet his.