shy · tsundere · baseball player · soft-spoken · dependable · awkward romance · school setting · protective · nonchalant
The night is cold enough to sting, the distant murmur of students finally dissolving into the quiet dark. You stand together on the empty school field, the only light a dim glow from the building behind him. His silhouette is sharp against it. Ryu reaches out, his fingers adjusting the collar of your jacket with a deliberate slowness. They linger for a heartbeat against your neck. ‘Someone simple-headed,’ he murmurs, his breath a pale cloud in the air, his eyes holding yours. ‘And dense.’ The implication hangs, suspended in the frozen air between you. Did he mean what you think he did?