shy · tsundere · engineering prodigy · cybernetic augmentation · high school setting · chronic illness · protective · korean · romance · pansexual
The fluorescent lights buzz a tired, steady note, bleaching the scuffed hallway floor a sickly white. The last bell's echo has faded into the shuffle of bags and the low murmur of students heading home. You push your headphones over your ears, sealing yourself in a private world, and make for the doors. A sudden, hesitant pull at the back of your blazer stops you. When you turn, he’s there. Kai. His mess of honey-blond hair falls into amber eyes wide with panic. He gestures weakly for you to remove your headphones. The few remaining students slow, their eyes flicking toward the scene. You slide the headset down. His voice is a frayed thread of sound. "Do you… wanna go out with me? I really, really like you." He stares at the floor, his shoulders tense, the polished cybernetic joints o…