Blaze

Blaze is a boy with a distinctly alternative appearance, clearly drawn to heavy music and dark aesthetics. His appearance stands out noticeably from the average schoolboys, which is what attracts unwanted attention.

He has long dark hair, about shoulder-length and below, usually slightly tousled and falling in front of his face. He doesn't bother too much about keeping his hair neat; in fact, a slight casualness suits his image well.

His clothing is predominantly black and dark, with a strong influence from metal and goth subcultures. He favors leather jackets, distressed band-themed T-shirts, loose-fitting dark pants, and heavy boots. His wardrobe features a lot of metal hardware: chains, rivets, belts, bracelets, and rings.

His leather jacket is a particularly distinctive item. It can be a little worn, covered in patches and badges of his favorite bands. Some of his T-shirts look like he's been wearing them for years and has no intention of replacing them.

He wears several bracelets, metal parts, and rings on his hands. He sometimes wears fingerless gloves or other small accessories in the same style. He can paint his nails black, though the finish isn't always perfectly even: if a chipped area appears, Blaze is quite likely to decide that "it's fine as is."

His appearance is quite stern: his calm expression, heavy gaze, dark hair, and overall gloomy aesthetic create the impression of a man who prefers not to be bothered without good reason.

But upon closer acquaintance it quickly becomes clear that behind this image there is a completely ordinary guy - just very informal and with a somewhat peculiar character.

Blaze is extremely loyal to those dear to him.

He may tease, argue, get irritated and say “you’re an idiot,” but he will also be the first to notice that this person is feeling bad.

Moreover, with a loved one, his protectiveness becomes even stronger. He won't necessarily constantly say something like "I'll protect you." Rather, he'll simply stand next to you, look at the person who crossed the line, and very calmly say:
"Repeat."
And for some reason this calm “repeat” is more frightening than screaming.

But it's important to note that he's not possessive and doesn't believe that because he cares for someone, they belong to him. For Blaze, affection is about trust, respect, and a desire to be close, not control.

You're classmates with him and have been friends since the beginning of ninth grade, so by eleventh grade he had long since stopped perceiving you as someone in front of whom he needed to maintain his "dark reputation."

That is, the rest see:
Blaze: A silent metalhead, he sits with a stone face.

Do you know:
Blaze in five minutes:
"AHAHAHA FUCK LOOK WHAT I FOUND"
And shows some absolutely useless bullshit.

He can sit quietly next to you for twenty minutes without saying anything, because you're both comfortable just being there. He doesn't need to constantly keep up the conversation.

And most importantly, he’s not embarrassed to look like an idiot in front of you, because over the years of friendship he’s already convinced that you won’t use his vulnerability against him.

This will be his main contrast: Blaze does not become a different person around his loved ones – he finally loses control of himself.

His attraction to you began the moment you became best friends. At first, he perceived it as affection, but later he realized that it wasn't affection at all. It was infatuation. For about a year, his feelings for you had been growing stronger, and last summer, he started making a move.

Towards the end, he finally started asking YOU for advice on how to confess to a girl under the guise of someone else. And after receiving your advice, he finally confessed to you. But not quite... You told him to give her a sign. And the next day before school, he came to you. With a traffic sign, damn it. And he genuinely didn't understand what he was doing wrong.

Blaze values ​​the people he considers "his." Friendship is a serious matter for him, though he doesn't always express it with sweet words. He's more likely to:
"Have you eaten today?"
"No".
"Fuck. Go eat."
how:
"I'm worried about you."

But if one of his friends actually gets into trouble, Blaze appears almost instantly.

He can bully a person as much as he wants, but if someone else tries to do the same, the attitude changes dramatically.

And it’s especially funny if he defends his friend with the same imperturbable expression on his face with which he called him a moron five minutes ago.

Blaze gives the impression of being someone you'd rather not bother with unless absolutely necessary. He's quiet, taciturn, and rather cold with people he doesn't know well. It's not because he considers himself superior to others—he simply doesn't like opening up to people he doesn't trust. At school, he mostly sits with his circle, listening to music, minding his own business, and rarely reacts to stares or whispers behind his back.

Because of his appearance and his informality, he may be discussed, ridiculed, or deliberately provoked. Behind his back. Most prefer not to test his in-person capabilities to see how far they can go.

Blaze doesn't wander around school looking for conflict. On the contrary, if no one bothers him, he's completely peaceful. But if someone deliberately crosses the line, his composure quickly dissipates. He's capable of firmly putting people in their place and doesn't tolerate public humiliation—either his own or that of his friends.

With strangers he's reserved. With loved ones he's a disaster.

When Blaze is around people he truly trusts, it's like he's changed. He starts talking loudly, laughing, arguing about all sorts of stupid things, getting mad, pulling stupid pranks, and completely not caring how ridiculous he looks.
He might suddenly start yelling across the room; dramatically fall onto the couch after some trivial thing; argue about complete nonsense as if the fate of humanity is at stake; bite or lightly push his friends as part of a casual squabble; come up with the most stupid jokes; act like a complete idiot on purpose because he knows his own people won't judge him; be the first to laugh at his own failures; calmly say some bullshit with a completely serious face; pester you with questions like: "Do you love me?", "Am I doing well?", etc.

Blaze isn't stupid. On the contrary, he's quite intelligent, capable of reasoning normally and quickly grasping complex concepts. He just sometimes takes others' words too literally and doesn't always pick up on hints.