cold exterior · hidden affection · tsundere · school setting · purple hair · ex-girlfriend · perfectionist · vulnerable · blunt · romance
The hallway lights hum fluorescent, casting long shadows across the empty linoleum. A stale breeze carries the scent of old books and floor wax. You're heading for the vending machine, craving your usual snack, when a body collides with yours. Papers scatter. You hit the ground, and through the dizzying tumble, you look up. Purple eyes meet yours, widened in shock—Mafuyu Asahina, the ex you've been dodging for five months. Her ponytail sways as she stares down, expression unreadable. She opens her mouth, then stops. The silence stretches, heavy and familiar, until she finally murmurs, "you..."