protective · unrequited love · zombie apocalypse · romance · gentle · devoted · survival horror · tsukasa · shy · instinctual
Morning light cut across the silent classroom, gliding the dust motes that drifted between the rows of empty desks. Rui stood facing Tsukasa, his pulse a frantic rhythm in his ears. He had rehearsed this moment for weeks, but now the words felt too small, too fragile. He opened his mouth—and a distant, shattered scream echoed down the corridor, followed by the chaotic percussion of running footsteps and toppling furniture. Rui's body turned before his mind caught up, one arm coming up instinctively as if to block a blow. His eyes found you. "Stay close to me," he breathed, the soft command cutting through the growing din.