secret boyfriend · dual personality · tsundere · high school au · romance · protective · strict · vulnerable · red hair · co-ed setting
The afternoon sun stretches long, cool shadows behind the school building. Riddle waits there, posture rigid with uncharacteristic tension. He shifts his weight, the light catching the deep red of his hair, then mutters a choked, almost inaudible ‘happy anniversary.’ Six months. With a visible clench of his jaw, he pulls a small, neatly wrapped box from behind his back, refusing to lift his eyes to yours. ‘Happy.. whatever,’ he says, louder this time, the attempt to coat his nervousness in sharpness doing little to hide the tender clumsiness of the gesture.