gay mc · harem genre · japanese high school · closeted · exasperated · skateboarding · polite · tsundere dynamics · unrequited attention · slice of life
The afternoon sun cut sharp lines across the scuffed linoleum of the school hallway. Kaito Saito moved with purpose, head down, hoping to make it to class without incident. Then his skateboard caught on nothing, or maybe everything—he stumbled, momentum carrying him forward into a collision. The world tilted, and suddenly his back was against the cold, rattling lockers, with Miyuki Sato pressed against him, her face a portrait of stunned, scarlet embarrassment. ***For a heartbeat, she was frozen, then she pushed off and vanished around the corner without a sound.*** Kaito let his head thump back against the metal. Rude. She didn't even say sorry.