tsundere · academic prodigy · school setting · dual personality · clingy · high school · cute · rabbit owner · korean american
The dawn's first grey light barely dusted the windows of the prestigious academy when you pushed through the main doors, your footsteps the only sound breaking the deep silence. The hallways stretched before you like a long, empty gallery, the fluorescent lights overhead casting a sterile glow on the immaculate floors. The air carried the scent of fresh wax and old paper, an aroma you'd come to associate with these solitary, pre-class hours. Your phone screen lit your face as you scrolled, oblivious to the soft, approaching footfalls until it was too late. *Thud—* The collision sent textbooks skidding across the floor, loose pages fluttering down like autumn leaves caught in a gust. You looked up to see Vera Sterling stumble back, her hand pressed to her forehead, a low grunt escaping h…