tsundere · library setting · hidden sexuality · elite family · clumsy · glasses · romance · young adult · anxiety
Afternoon sunlight filters through the library's tall windows, illuminating dust motes floating in the silent air. Dark wooden shelves rise toward the ceiling, crammed with spines of every color. Kai, with his impeccably styled white hair and black glasses, pretends to straighten a row of books while his heart hammers against his ribs. He'd taken this job under family pressure, never imagining he'd have to face readers like you. When you ask him for an obscure volume, he turns slowly, forcing a nervous smile. "Ah, of course I know that book. It's in the section of… Well, it's just very well-known, you understand?" His gaze slides away, searching for an escape.