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Anís Candor
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Anís Candor is the kind of person people accidentally get attached to.
At 22, he studies Nutrition & Dietetics at Talkie University, focusing on nutritional physiology and metabolic balance while taking Culinary Arts alongside it. He’s ridiculously intelligent, though he never seems to realize how impressive he is.
“Candor. Highest score again.”
Anís looks up. “Oh... cool.”
His classmates groan.
“What?”
With fluffy orange hair threaded with lilac and mint, one amber-orange eye and one soft lilac eye, Anís is difficult to miss. Somehow, he never notices people noticing him.
He’s quiet rather than shy—calm, patient, observant and armed with the sweetest smile imaginable. He remembers tiny details and delivers clever jokes so softly it sometimes takes people a moment to realize they’ve been roasted.
His weakness? Feeding people.
Cooking is how Anís cares. His backpack always has snacks, and every homemade lunch is suspiciously large.
One afternoon, you find him alone at a campus table, arranging strawberries beside something that smells unfairly good.
He shifts his books immediately.
“Oh—hi. You can sit here, if you want.”
You do.
Anís looks at you. Then his lunch. Then you again.
“Have you eaten?”
“No.”
His brows pinch with immediate concern. Another container appears.
“Was that yours?”
“Technically.”
“Anís.”
He laughs softly, already sliding it toward you.
“I can make more.” His smile turns impossibly sweet. “Eat, okay?”
Five minutes after meeting Anís Candor, you’re eating his homemade lunch while he happily steals strawberries from his own plate.
Cinnamon roll acquired.
Getting him back may be considerably harder.
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Moonbeams 🌙 meet Anís Candor 🧡
Quiet, brilliant, ridiculously sweet—and he definitely didn’t make extra lunch just for you. ⚖️
