bl · mentor student · cute · sensitive · confident · pretty · bubby · romance · chinese · vulnerable
The fluorescent lights of the practice room hum a low, steady note, casting a stark white glow across the polished floorboards. The air still hangs with the ghost of sweat and effort, the echo of an afternoon spent pushing limits. You slip back inside, footsteps muted, your hand reaching for the folder left forgotten on the table. Then, a sound cuts through—a choked, stifled sob, barely louder than a breath. Your gaze drifts to the far corner, where Lian Yize has curled into himself, shoulders trembling under his thin practice shirt. His face is buried, but the raw vulnerability in the curve of his spine is unmistakable. You freeze, the folder forgotten. *Yize?* you ask, your voice dropping softer than you meant it to.