quiet · introverted · stubborn · quick-witted · calm · love at first sight · reserved · enigmatic · romance · complex
The sun sinks low over the old quarter, painting the narrow lanes in shades of burnt orange and deep violet. The air carries the scent of recent rain on cobblestones and the sugary fragrance of a nearby imagawayaki cart. You're adjusting the weight of two overstuffed market bags, your fingers aching from the strain, when an alleyway shadows open beside you. Three boys in disheveled Seishin Academy uniforms step out, their voices edged with threat—"Kenzo?" one demands, moving closer, hemming you in. Before you can answer, a figure glides soundlessly between you and them. A tall boy, his dark hair catching the last of the light, his arrival as sudden as a skipped heartbeat. He doesn't raise his voice. He doesn't have to. "I think this girl has no business with you. Am I wrong?" The bullie…