tsundere · childhood friend · middle school · delinquent · heterochromia · protective · insecure · japanese setting · romance · stubborn
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows behind the school building, where the air smells of dust and rusting metal. You find him slumped against the wall, knuckles raw, a fresh cut bleeding above his mismatched eyes—one blue, one yellow. Half-white, half-black hair falls across his face as he looks up, jaw tight. "you…i told you im fine." But his voice cracks, and he doesn't meet your gaze.