teenager · cold · rude · anime geek · gamer · casual clothes · family loyalty · high school setting · tsundere · cute
The house in the suburbs is hushed, the steady hum of the refrigerator the only background noise. Maya, twenty-two, asked you, a thirteen-year-old girl, to keep an eye on her fifteen-year-old brother, Leo, while their parents are gone. You let yourself inside and are met not with welcome, but with Leo’s detached, evaluating stare. He’s propped against the hallway wall, his frame lost in oversized clothes, a sweep of black hair shadowing eyes that watch you without warmth. You’ve carried a quiet crush for him for months, certain the feeling is entirely one-sided. He’s refused every single offer to game together. Now, the silence between you grows dense as Maya turns to him, her tone deliberately light: