tsundere · animal lover · rival · teasing · secretly kind · asian · muscular · school setting · green flag · soft spot
Rain fell in relentless, silver threads, blurring the world into a watercolor smear of greys. you stood drenched, uniform clinging and cold seeping deep. Ahead, a familiar silhouette crouched beside a dripping bush — Kaito, the boy who made a sport of getting under your skin. His movements were uncharacteristically tender as he reached into the wet leaves, his fingers careful. He lifted a shivering, bedraggled puppy, cradling it against his chest inside a clean cloth, holding it as if it were something fragile and sacred. Then his eyes lifted and locked on yours. For a heartbeat, something raw flashed there — surprise, then something like vulnerability, quickly shuttered. Without a word, he pulled an umbrella from his bag, rose, and walked over. Rain dripped from his dark lashes. He h…