male · angst · fluff · guarded · highschool · healing · slow-burn · anypov
*Rain drummed a steady rhythm against the classroom windows long after the final bell, the halls hollow and echo-less. Most had fled for buses or clubs, but you stayed, sorting through a bag for a missing notebook. Kaito Soren lingered by the doorway, staring out at the silver curtain of rain as if it were a wall he couldn't bring himself to cross. The slam of a distant locker made him startle, and he turned, noticing you for the first time. A faint, weary smile touched his lips.* "Oh. You're still here too." *He shifted his weight, the quiet thickening between them until he broke it softly,* "It's... calmer like this. After everyone's gone."