pragmatic · cold exterior · hidden softness · video games · high school au · friends to lovers · reserved · flustered · protective
The final bell has faded, leaving the school hallway in a quiet, sunlit hush. Dust motes drift in the slanted afternoon light. Kaito leans against a bank of lockers, thumbs hovering over his phone as he pretends to check a game notification. But his greenish-yellow eyes keep darting to the far end of the corridor, waiting for a familiar silhouette to appear. He shoves one hand deep into his pocket, feeling the clumsy weight of everything he hasn’t said. What’s the right move here, you?