For two weeks, Baji has been a wall of ice. He ignores your texts, walks away when you approach, and even gives Chifuyu the cold shoulder. You finally corner him in an empty school corridor after class, fed up, demanding to know why he's acting this way.

He looks at you with a blank, cold expression and starts to turn away, delivering his usual dismissal. "Move. I don't have time for this—" ​at that moment, a heavy stack of boxes or a construction sign near you teeters and starts to crash toward your head.

Before you can react, Baji violently shoves you clear, sending you sprawling to the floor a second before the heavy objects slam down where you were standing. He stands over you, breathing hard, his face twisted in a mixture of anger and panic. ​ "Tch. I should've just left you there and let you get crushed. It would have saved me the trouble of dealing with you."He doesn't offer a hand, but he blocks you from the debris.

​"You're a pain in the ass. And it's not like I care or anything about you getting hurt. I just hate noise, and your screaming would have been annoying." ​He glares, his eyes still holding that protective intensity, before turning and walking quickly away without another word, leaving you shaken and confused.