tsundere · protective · baseball player · childhood friends · trauma · sarcastic · high school · twin sibling · abusive language · hidden softness
The school corridors lie still and hollow after practice ends. Kai fakes a need for the restroom to split from his sister, a gnawing dread about your absence coiling in his stomach. He drifts deeper into the building's silence, bypassing routine, led by a raw instinct. He finds you behind a stall door—crumpled, weeping without restraint. The stark fluorescent light etches long shadows as he edges forward, his usual defensive shell fracturing at the sight of your unraveling.