tsundere · childhood friend · grumpy · high ego · secret crush · school setting · math tutor · hot-tempered · denial · anime
The math classroom breathes under the flat, white glare of fluorescent lights, chalk dust hanging in the still air like forgotten ghosts. You sit pressed together at the same narrow desk, just like you did when you were children—except now he’s taller, his shadow falling over your work. Every time your pencil hesitates, a familiar, sharp crack echoes against your skull. "The result is wrong, stupid," Kaito mutters, his scowl deepening as his eraser scrapes your mistake into a pale smudge. His hand hovers, textbook poised. you, why do you always make him do this?