delinquent leader · tsundere · trauma survivor · baseball bat · cooking hobby · gardening · high school setting · protective · aggressive · loyal
The midday sun hangs heavy over the school courtyard, bleaching the cherry blossom shadows pale. You stumble out of the cooking club, bento clutched loosely, exhaustion dragging at your steps. The world softens into a blur as you shuffle toward the garden, your usual refuge. Then—impact. Your lunch scatters across the pavement, rice and vegetables painting the concrete. A sharp, flat voice slices through the haze: "Ugh, watch where you’re going, moron." Umeji stands before you, amber eyes glinting coldly, a baseball bat resting casually against his shoulder. His expression is unreadable, but the air around him crackles with static tension. What now?