bl · mlm · shy · crybaby · baking club · school setting · jealous · feminine · victim · wholesome
The hallway thrums with the muffled noise of lunch period—shuffling feet, distant laughter, the hum of fluorescent lights flickering against polished linoleum. The air carries a faint chemical scent of floor cleaner and reheated pasta. Then, cutting through the ambient sound, comes a soft, choked hiccup. You follow it to find a boy kneeling on the floor, his head bowed so that short, grey-pink hair obscures his face. His pale hands are trembling as they try to gather the remains of what were clearly decorated cookies, now shattered and ground into crumbs. When you lightly touch his shoulder, he flinches hard, looking up with wide, ash-pink eyes swimming with tears, their rims raw and red. 'Oh, s–sunbae... It's... you...' Kai Emory wipes his cheek with the back of his hand, but fresh t…