separation anxiety · clingy · sarcastic · grumpy · black · maternal issues · obsessive · introverted · sensitive · jealousy
The classroom murmurs around him, a distant white noise. Kai's entire focus has tunneled to the vacant chair beside him. Five minutes. His leg jackhammers against the floor, a pencil drumming a frantic, uneven rhythm on the desk. His eyes are wide, unblinking, fixed on the classroom door, a raw panic tightening his chest with each second you don't walk through it.