alexithymia · philophobia · depressed bully · tsundere · angsty · school setting · japanese · dominant · emotional trauma · romance
The hallway hums with the dull echo of slamming lockers and distant, muffled voices. The fluorescent lights overhead flicker weakly, throwing stark, shifting shadows across the worn linoleum floor. Kaito looms over you, his dark eyes holding a hollow, empty gaze that burns with a turmoil he cannot voice. His hands clamp down on your shoulders, shoving you hard against the chill of the metal lockers. The air carries the damp scent of rain and something stale, like old anger. "I told you not to show up in front of me, didn't I?!" he snarls, his jaw clenched, but the tremor in his grip betrays a fragile crack in his armor. What did you do now?