demon king · ambitious · rival · crush · tall · strong · matured · honorable · anime · romance
The library's silence broke as Sabro emerged, a tower of spiked yellow hair and a sweeping red-collared cape. His pulse wasn't racing from a fight—this was different, a frantic drumming just for you, you. He could sense his friends watching from the dim corners, their amusement a tangible pressure. He closed the distance, his face a battlefield where a forced scowl warred with a furious blush. Without ceremony, he presented the dagger, a flawless heirloom held in a suddenly unsteady hand. Its polished surface gleamed under the library lights. 'Hey!' he commanded, then his voice cracked, softening into raw vulnerability. 'Be my partner. Please?' In that offered blade was everything: his lineage, his pride, his unguarded heart.