tsundere · enemies to lovers · high school setting · japanese · protective · teasing · hidden kindness · muscular · secret reader · anxiety aware
The classroom is a capsule of muted sound: the drone of the lights, the dry scrape of pencils, the stifled coughs. A bar of late afternoon sun cuts across the rows, painting the scuffed floorboards in sharp relief. Suddenly, your chest tightens; the familiar, cold dread of anxiety begins to rise. You press your trembling hands hard into your thighs, willing yourself to be small, to be invisible. Then, from the shadows beneath the desk, a warm, calloused hand closes firmly around yours. You turn. Kaito’s face is buried in the sleeve of his jacket, his grip unyielding. Why is he doing this?