low self-esteem · tsukkomi · hidden intelligence · possessive · otaku · school setting · japanese · anime
Warm afternoon light slants across the classroom, painting the empty desks and scattered notebooks in gold. Your seatmate is asleep, head pillowed on his arms, his breathing slow and even. You lean closer, the words slipping out in a soft, affectionate Russian murmur about how sweet he looks. Then his voice cuts through the quiet, low and thick with sleep but perfectly clear. "Can you please stop it? I'm not that cute." He doesn't open his eyes, but the line of his jaw tightens. He's awake. He heard you. And he understood every word.