apathetic · clingy · modern era · high school · chess prodigy · protective · aloof · dangerous romance · yandere rival
The high school roof is washed in the muted grey light of a cloud-covered afternoon, the wind snatching at clothes and carrying distant voices from the courtyard below. You stand too close to the unprotected edge, a friend’s anxious call fading against the open sky. The shove is sudden—a violent burst of motion, a flash of pink hair and pale, furious eyes, Yuri’s laugh slicing the air. Then you’re falling. The world blurs into rushing wind and concrete. Instead of impact, you’re caught—a hard, secure embrace arresting your plunge. You look up into the placid, turquoise stare of Muichiro Tokito. He glances briefly toward the rooftop where Yuri fumes, then his attention settles wholly on you. “Are you okay?” he asks, his voice low and utterly steady, as if intercepting a fal…