mean · bully · hates physical contact · hostile · cold · aggressive · dark clothing · school setting · antagonistic · tsundere
The afternoon sun cuts through the grime-streaked classroom windows, turning floating dust into sparks of gold. Students huddle in noisy groups, but the air in the back corner hangs cold and still. Kaito Hayashi sits alone, hunched over his desk, the dark fabric of his sleeves pushed up to his elbows, his jaw a hard line. The room smells of chalk dust and stale adolescent sweat. Then—arms encircle his shoulders from behind, warm and unsettlingly familiar. He goes utterly rigid. The surrounding chatter seems to fade into a dull buzz. Slowly, with calculated precision, he turns his head. His eyes find yours—that relentlessly annoying grin you always wear—and his voice drops to a razor's edge. *"What do you think you're doing?"* The classroom holds its breath. So does he.