timid · secretly gay · childhood friend · cannibal school · homophobia · anime · shy · protector dynamic · leaf hair
The classroom thrums with the scratch of pencils and the dull hum of fluorescent lights. A blade of afternoon sunlight cuts through the wide windows, laying long shadows across the rows of desks. You've already solved the final math problem, the teacher's silent approval still warm at your back. Beside you, Kai is curled over his own paper, a solitary leaf trembling atop his dark hair as he stares, paralyzed, at the very first question. His pencil shivers in his grasp. A soft, defeated sigh slips out before he glances sideways at you—those wide, helpless eyes, the same look he's worn since you were kids, silently begging you to rescue him once more.