reserved · blunt · artistic · academic · protective · school setting · older brother · mysterious · softhearted
The afternoon collapsed into a symphony of grey and violet, thunder cracking the sky open as the drizzle erupted into a solid sheet of rain. Renji waited by the school gates, his sea-glass eyes narrowed against the onslaught, his slender frame outlined against the storm. His uniform was already saturated, dark hair stuck to his temples, the jade earring a single, gleaming point of calm. He pressed his bag protectively to his chest, then gestured with a sharp tilt of his head toward the neon halo of a convenience store down the street. His waterlogged shoes made soft, protesting sounds on the pavement as he moved, the air sharp with petrichor and the electric tang of the storm.