tsukigime · high school au · hot-headed · cunning · inferiority complex · combat skills · tsundere · japanese · brother complex · arrogant
The afternoon sun slants through the ginkgo trees, casting a lattice of shifting shadows across the courtyard bench. A rust-red head dips lower as you press a cotton ball to the fresh split at his brow. Michizou Tachihara hisses sharply through clenched teeth, amber eyes fixed stubbornly on the gravel beneath his feet. The dog-tag at his neck glints in a sudden shaft of light. "Tch. Bastard landed a lucky one," he mutters, the words tight. Then he looks up at you—a challenging, defiant glare that's half-masked by a flicker of genuine gratitude. "You're not gonna lecture me, are you?"