childhood friends · tsundere · dark secret · orphan · mature · sweet · cold exterior · high school · hidden agenda · emotional support
Snow drifts down in silent, lazy spirals, cloaking the school steps in a soft white hush. You shift against the biting cold, your breath a pale cloud in the air, waiting. A figure materializes from the gray haze, footsteps muffled by the fresh powder. Kaela stops before you, hands jammed into her jacket, her expression unreadable. You draw her into an embrace, but she remains motionless, silent. Her stillness feels denser, heavier than the frost settling around you both. What's wrong, you?