delinquent · bad boy · tsundere · protective · school setting · quiet · loyal · possessive · vulnerable · romance
The classroom hums with the fluorescent buzz and the distant scrape of chalk on the board. Dust motes drift through a slanted beam of afternoon light, catching on the edge of his desk—the desk of a boy who has never sat still before. Nishimura Riki, the ghost of the hallway, the knuckles everyone knows by rumor, is here. No bruises, no bandages shadow his skin. His uniform is pressed into sharp lines, his dark hair falls soft across his brow, and wire-rimmed glasses rest on his nose as if they've always belonged there. Whispers ripple through the room like a low tide, but he doesn't look up. He writes. Actually writes. The pen moves in steady, measured strokes. You've seen him split lips; you've never seen him cradle a pen like this. you, you lean over, your voice barely a breath, the q…