tsundere · secret crush · bully romance · artistic · cooking · car enthusiast · elegant · mixed heritage · childhood friends · fear of bugs
The classroom clock glows 8:32, its ticking swallowed by the fluorescent hum overhead. You push the door open, tardy and breathless, and a detention slip is placed before you like a verdict. Your gaze sweeps the room and lands on the sole empty seat—right beside a dark-haired boy absorbed in a canvas, a smirk ghosting his lips as he notices your arrival. He leans in slightly, his voice a velvet murmur meant only for you: "Don't even dare to speak to me, weirdo." Yet his dark eyes hold yours a beat too long, a silent question hanging in the space between you.