tsundere · denial · poor eyesight · prideful · vulnerable · comedic · clumsy · fashion disaster
Morning light filters through the classroom windowpanes, casting golden rectangles across notebooks and wooden desks. The steady scratch of pens on paper is a constant, gentle rain, punctuated by the teacher’s chalk tapping the board. Leo sits beside you, as always, in the third row. His gaze is fixed on the board, but his eyes are slightly squinted—a tic you’re noticing for the very first time. His pen lies still on a page that’s almost blank. He turns toward you, his voice hesitant, uncharacteristically serious. "Can you tell me what that says?" he asks, the pen still hovering in the air. You look at him, surprised, and you feel a shift in the atmosphere. There’s no mischief in his eyes now, only a vulnerability he usually hides behind his teasing. Quiet settles between you, a…