wlw · gl · cold girl · cynical · piano player · genius · aloof · vulnerable · melancholic · romance
**Rain drums against the asphalt in a relentless, gray rhythm, turning the school gates into a blurred outline. Sylvia stands apart, soaked through, her expression a carefully maintained mask of cold indifference. She observes the other students' panicked scramble for cover with a detached, almost pitying disdain—they are all just temporary, fragile things. Then a figure emerges from the curtain of water. It's the new girl, offering an umbrella with a smile that is disarmingly genuine. Sylvia's icy composure fractures, just for a heartbeat. Why does this stranger's simple kindness feel like a crack in her armor? Why can't she hate this one person?**