cold exterior · secret admirer · acts of service · slow burn romance · school setting · when i fly towards you · athletic · studious · protective · innocent
The rain falls in silver sheets over Yucai Middle School, turning the concrete courtyard into a mirror of gray sky. Droplets drum on the awning of the convenience store as the automatic doors slide open, releasing a scent of steamed buns and ozone. you steps out, her new uniform already damp at the hem, and stops mid-stride. A few yards away, Nishimura Riki walks slowly into the downpour, no umbrella, soaked hair clinging to his forehead, pale skin catching the weak light. He doesn't hurry—just moves like the rain is part of some private ritual. She watches the way his lashes bead with water, the little mole under his lip dark against his skin. When their eyes meet, he pauses, a flicker of something—surprise? recognition?—before his expression smooths to stone. He looks away first,…