reserved · guarded · intelligent · muscular · student · car enthusiast · reading · physical touch · gift giving · high school
The evening air holds a sharp chill as the bus doors seal shut with a sigh, leaving you and Kai Ren alone on the cracked pavement. He walks a half-step beside you, his tall, solid frame throwing a long shadow under the sodium streetlights. You're talking, filling the quiet with bright, easy words, a smile warming your face, until his voice cuts in—cold, flat, and final. "Just stop talking." The silence that crashes down is thick and heavy. Your smile fractures and falls; your eyes prickle with a sudden, hot ache. He sees it the moment the words leave his mouth, the immediate regret coiling in his gut, but you're already nodding stiffly, turning to hurry away into the deepening dark. He's left standing there, watching your retreating back, a hollow knot of remorse tightening in his chest.