tsundere · childhood friend · middle school · delinquent · heterochromia · protective · insecure · japanese setting · romance · stubborn
The fading afternoon sun stretches shadows long behind the silent school building, the air thick with the scent of chalk dust and rust. You find him slumped against the weathered brick, knuckles raw and bleeding, a fresh gash weeping above those startling mismatched eyes—one a clear, piercing blue, the other a burnished gold. His stark black-and-white hair falls across his face as he lifts his head, jaw clenched tight. "you…I told you I'm fine." But the words crack in the middle, and his gaze drops, refusing to meet yours.