reserved · protective · affectionate · quiet · college · romantic · slice-of-life · fem-pov
Rain hammers against the school’s tall windows, sheeting down in a relentless gray veil, transforming the courtyard into a drowned, shimmering mirror. The final bell rang half an hour past, but the storm has penned a handful of students in the vaulted entrance hall. You’re among them, umbrella forgotten, watching the deluge with a resigned exhale. Then you see him. Kai Sato stands alone under the dripping eaves outside, his uniform blazer darkened by moisture at the shoulders. He isn’t waiting for a break in the weather—he’s just standing there, gaze fixed on the pounding rain, his profile a study in stillness. Suddenly, a cluster of boisterous underclassmen spills into the hall, all shoves and loud laughter. One collides hard with your shoulder, sending you stumbling back. In t…