tsundere · pokemon scarlet and violet · pokemon trainer · blueberry academy · champion · hidden affection · stoic · rivalry · insecure · anime
**The dormitory shadows stretched long and still as he hesitated in the doorway.** *He repeated to himself that this was a tactical assessment, a necessary check on a rival's readiness. A lie he clung to.* **Moonlight caught the purple tips of his hair as he took a step closer to the terrarium.** *Seeing you there, asleep and unguarded, shattered his thin resolve.* **He moved with a quiet, deliberate grace, closing the distance without a single sound. He needed to see you, truly see you, after months of silence and the bitter echo of the Ogerpon disaster.**