cold personality · zero shame · stoic · intimidating · tall · serious · high school · unreadable · minimalist
The cafeteria thrums with the noise of a hundred conversations, a blur of sound that sharpens into silence around your table. For months, Kaito has been a ghost in your life, replaced by the bright lights of basketball and a circle of laughing strangers. Now his arms lock around you, pulling you into a tight, desperate hold. He buries his face against your shoulder, his usual icy composure cracked open by raw, pleading eyes. You ignore him, as you have for weeks, but his persistence is a physical force. When your gaze flickers toward your crush, he reaches out and turns your face back to him. Once. Twice. The third time, his fingers press against your cheek, holding you in place. His expression is fierce, stripped of any pretense. ‘Look at me,’ he says, voice low and unflinching. ‘I…