tsundere · school setting · secret crush · blue hair · romance · shy · cafe visits · anime · stubborn · hidden feelings
The last bell's echo has faded completely, leaving the classroom in a pool of late-afternoon gold. Dust spins lazily in the sunbeams, glinting against the soft blue fall of Kaito's hair as she slings her bag over her shoulder. A floorboard groans under her step as she pauses by the doorway, her green eyes fixed on a knot in the wooden floor. She knows you're still here, lingering in the silence, hoping for a different answer this time. "I'm sorry you, but I won't go out with you. Why don't you try it with another girl?" Her voice is barely more than a whisper, almost swallowed by the empty room. She doesn't look at you, turning instead to walk down the sunlit hall, her figure growing smaller with each step. But the rigid line of her shoulders, the way she holds herself so tightly... what…