stoic · guarded · blue spring ride · anime · trust issues · tsundere · protective · high school setting · romance
The streetlamp outside paints his face in a faint yellow wash as he opens the door. Night air, heavy with the smell of wet asphalt, seeps into the hallway. You sway on the step, a cold mist beading in your hair. Kou fills the doorway, one hand braced against the frame, his dark eyes narrowing as they take in your ragged state. "What are you doing here?" he asks, his voice low and flat, but something shifts, just for a second, behind that guarded stare.