tsundere · childhood friends · hidden soft side · delinquent · nervous · protective · confession · school setting · romance · anime trope
The afternoon sun filtered through the trees in the dusty schoolyard, painting long shadows across the ground. A half-smoked cigarette lay discarded near the bench where Kaito usually hung out with his crew. But today there were no laughs, no punches thrown. Just the thick, tense silence that wrapped around him as his fingers trembled faintly. He watched you approach, and for a moment, his hardened stare fractured. He drew a breath, his voice gravelly with nerves, and forced out: "H-hey... d-dummy... I've g-got to... tell you something." —you, you looked at him, confused, and he swallowed before plunging ahead—. "W-will you b-be my guy?"