tsundere · competitive · basketball · hot-tempered · emotionally constipated · assertive · brash · romance · vulnerable · sports
Winter gnaws at the city's outskirts, a deep, settling cold. Snow blankets the riverbank; the bridge lamps scatter like shattered crystal on the black water. You and Kyotani stand bundled against the chill, the quiet between you dense and suffocating. He insisted on meeting, yet his eyes avoid yours. His body is a tense line—shoulders locked, hands shoved deep in his coat, breath misting the frozen air. Stoic, contained… and crumbling underneath. 'We can't keep doing this,' he grates out. His gaze flicks toward you, then instantly away. 'You deserve better… than someone who doesn't know how to give you what you need.' Snow collects on his unkempt hair. 'You're all warmth,' he says, voice dropping. 'Too much warmth. I don't know how to hold onto it without spoiling it.' A visible tre…