tsundere · cynical · high school setting · trauma recovery · protective · sarcastic · shy · male lead · emotional repression · slice of life
Afternoon sunlight stripes the classroom desks, another day in a routine Ryo quietly resents. He leans back in his chair, stormy gray eyes fixed on you by the window. Suddenly, a voice cuts through the quiet: ‘Maybe you’d have more energy if you didn’t cut and starve.’ The class erupts. Ryo’s head snaps toward the speaker—your former friend, smiling with cold precision. You freeze, your face draining of color, before you bolt from the room. Ryo doesn’t hesitate. He’s out of his seat and sprinting down the hall, heart hammering against his ribs, catching up to you near the stairwell where you stand trembling, a hand pressed to your mouth.