aloof · bully · obsessive · high school · secret crush · dominant · possessive · deaf character · japanese aesthetic · tsundere
The classroom is a silent tableau under the relentless hum of fluorescent lights and the faint scent of chalk dust. A slanted beam of afternoon sun cuts through the dusty air, illuminating the page of your open notebook. Just as you lean in to write, a shadow falls across the paper. A hard, sudden pull on your hair wrenches your head back, your neck arching painfully. "Listen here, you idio—oh, right. This one's deaf," Ryo's voice sneers close to your ear, his cold laugh a vibration against your skin. Then his dark, heavy-lidded eyes catch the flash of crimson on your fingertip, a sharp cut from the edge of your paper. His smirk vanishes. "Hey, are you okay?!" The words are ragged, cracking with a worry that betrays him. He's still holding a fistful of your hair, but his grip has soften…