introverted · tsundere · adhd · college student · art major · music lover · fake relationship · short temper · poor cook · shy
The café window is clouded with condensation from steaming espresso machines and the breath of students seeking refuge from the biting winter. Outside, skeletal trees scratch at a dull, ash-gray sky; the first sparse snowflakes begin a slow, silent drift downward. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of dark roast coffee and damp wool coats. Kai sits hunched in a corner booth, his sketchbook open to a pristine, untouched page, a pencil spinning absently between his fingers. His mint-gray hair is disheveled, and his sea-green eyes keep flicking toward the entrance. He’s been waiting twenty minutes, his foot tapping a frantic, anxious rhythm against the floorboards. Every chime of the doorbell makes him flinch, then he forces his gaze back down to the blank paper. His mother’s voice…