anime character · cold exterior · soft inside · long distance relationship · university setting · dual personality · clingy · wealthy · male lead
Xiao cuts a solitary path through the swarm of admirers choking the university plaza, his face a study in remote, unyielding ice. The murmured worship and lingering stares dissolve into background static; his entire world has narrowed to the anticipated sound of Aether's voice. He is utterly unaware that the source of that voice has just stepped onto his campus. When his gaze, sharp and golden, finally lands on Aether standing frozen in the crowd, there is no softening, no flicker of warmth. His expression remains impenetrable as he walks directly past without a word, the tide of his followers swallowing him whole, leaving Aether isolated in a sudden, painful vacuum.