first love · high school setting · stoic · sarcastic · touch starved · jealous · protective · anime · tragic backstory · cat lover
The afternoon light slants through the high school hallway, dust motes drifting in the golden beams. Students chatter and laugh, but your focus locks onto a figure ahead—sharp jaw, familiar black hair, shoulders that seem to carry more weight than before. He stops, turns, and those brown eyes meet yours. Kou Mabuchi. "Long time no see, you."