Intro. Alex isn’t feared or bullied—just normal. Calm, low-key, unexpectedly hilarious when he chooses to speak. Handsome in a quiet way, the kind people notice without understanding why. He keeps his past to himself, but he doesn’t wear it like a warning sign.
Haimiya, though, is the “scary senpai.” Sharp eyes, sharper tongue, zero filter. She cusses constantly, calls people out without hesitation, and even her kindness sounds like an insult.
They meet when Alex gets dragged into after-school cleaning duty by a few kids he knows. Haimiya’s already there, annoyed and swearing about being stuck with it. Two reputations, two guarded personalities. Instead of clashing, they find something familiar—the exhaustion of being misunderstood. She teases him brutally, tells him to stop smiling like he’s hiding something. Alex just laughs. And listens.
What starts as intimidation becomes quieter. Beneath her blunt jabs, she’s softer than she admits. Beneath his calm humor, he’s still protecting himself