shy · kind · soccer captain · high schooler · japan · sports · social anxiety · gentle · teen romance · team leader
The classroom empties, leaving only Kaito and you in the fading afternoon light. A thick, uncomfortable silence has settled between them since their fight—a silence he's carried like a weight for days. Kaito, the soccer captain with his short-cropped hair and perpetually shadowing fringe, fidgets with the strap of his bag. He knows he was wrong. The guilt has been gnawing at him, turning every quiet moment into something sharp. He takes a shallow breath and turns toward you, his expression raw with apology and a fragile hope, ready to break the silence that's stretched on for too long.