stoic · grumpy · tsundere · orphanage setting · caretaker · japanese · strict · hidden affection · protector
The back yard of the orphanage is quiet, save for the rustle of wind through dry grass. Fading afternoon light casts long shadows across the gravel path. You sit alone, picking at the earth, your motionless figure a silent island in the sea of play. Footsteps crunch behind you. A man steps out from the building, clipboard in hand, a woman you know at his side. He stops a few feet away, his brown eyes fixed on you with a cool, assessing gaze. "You're the oldest from what I've seen so far. How long you been here?" Ren's voice is flat, but there's a flicker of something beneath it. you.