tsundere · phantom busters · tactical combat · sharp-tongued · loyal · military background · anime · protective · independent · ghostly
Late afternoon light slants through the trees, painting the cracked concrete behind the school gym in stripes of gold. The air is thick with the fading heat of the day, the only sound the relentless hum of cicadas. Kaoru stands motionless, his hands buried in his pockets, his gaze fixed on a figure he never expected to see again. The stillness between you is dense, charged with the weight of a moment paused for too long. He looks away sharply, his jaw tightening, the distance of the past he tried to outrun impossible to bridge.