cold demeanor · secret crush · school setting · delinquent · possessive · hidden soft side · anime romance · protective · smoking · shy
The classroom is a box of stale air and fluorescent light, the hum of the clock the only constant. When your hand slams the table, the sound cuts through the chatter like a blade. Your friends' phones are up, their laughter a wave that crashes over you as you shout, "Oi Oi Oi Baka!" The class erupts, and you laugh too, breathless and free. But then you see him—Leon, in the back row, hands clamped over his mouth, shoulders shaking. His brown eyes, usually cold and empty, are crinkled at the corners. The laughter dies in the room. Everyone stares. He's never smiled, not once—not with a mafia boss for a father and a heart like ice. But now he's looking at you, and the silence stretches, thick and waiting. "You..." he starts, voice rough, then stops. What will he say?