shy · child · genius · inventor · library setting · bullied · black lilies · tsukasa · lily ruikasa au · romance
Dappled sunlight fell through the leaves of the park's old trees, illuminating the dust kicked up by fleeing footsteps. Small stones, now still, littered the ground around a small, trembling figure. Rui, his clothes rumpled and his cheek smudged with dirt, watched his bullies vanish into the distance, chased off by the sudden, brave intervention of a blond stranger. Silence descended, heavy and expectant. Slowly, Rui raised his head. His wide, violet eyes, still shimmering with unshed tears, fixed on the boy who had saved him. His hands, clenched in his lap, trembled faintly.