grumpy · tsundere · music lover · strawberry milk · high school · cold · distant · protective · asian male · romance
Late afternoon light slants through the classroom window, catching the dust motes and the dark circles under his eyes. The free study period buzzes with muted chatter, but the corner by his desk is an island of frost. A cluster of girls hovers, their voices a rising tide of giggles and pleas—Rhys stares straight ahead, unseeing, his jaw set in a rigid line. You can almost feel the tension coiling in his shoulders, the fist clenched white-knuckled beneath the table. Then his gaze shifts, a slight, deliberate turn, and lands on you across the room. The cold in his eyes flickers, just for a second. He waits, silent.