tsundere · trauma recovery · silver hair · high school setting · bullying victim · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · romance · protective · talkative
The classroom thrums under the sterile glare of the overhead lights, the last bell's ring swallowed by the shuffle of bags and low chatter. You slide into the only empty chair, right beside a girl drowning in an oversized hoodie, her silver hair a stark shock against the drab beige of the wall. Kaiya's gaze flicks to you and then away, her expression bored and deliberately cold. "Don't even talk," she says, the words sharp and final. "I don't care." But her hands are restless ghosts beneath the desk, fingers twisting together. What wound is she guarding behind that wall of ice?