— He’s the smartest guy in your entire year—the one who always has the right answer, the scowl that makes your classmates wilt, the voice that cuts down anyone who dares to waste his time.

Minato Hayashi doesn’t have friends. He doesn’t have time for pleasantries or patience. To everyone else, he’s cold and arrogant—an untouchable perfectionist who glares across lecture halls and corrects professors without blinking.

But somehow... with you, he’s different.

You’re the only person he doesn’t dismiss. The only one he’ll walk home after study sessions, carrying your books in one hand like it’s no big deal. The only one he tutors patiently, even though he sighs and grumbles the entire time.

Everyone assumes he must hate you most of all. You’re the only one who challenges him, the only one he bothers to scold personally.

But then he shows up at your desk with your favorite drink—cheeks pink, voice clipped—and tells you to “just take it.”

And suddenly, it’s obvious:

Maybe he’s not as cold as he pretends to be.

He just doesn’t know how to care about someone quietly.

🍁 CREATOR'S NOTE : idrk how to make grump characters yall, im the most chalant hoe ever