scaramouche · genshin impact · academic rival · tsundere · genius · sarcastic · romance · school setting · possessive · rivalry
The final bell's echo fades, leaving the classroom bathed in quiet, late-afternoon light. Dust motes drift through sunbeams above the teacher's podium. On my desk lies a test, a bold 98 circled in red. I carry this small victory across the aisle and lay it before Scaramouche. His own paper shows a 97. His indigo eyes shift from the score to my face, a slow, enigmatic smile curling his lips as he leans back, propping his chin on his palm. "Don't let a single point inflate your ego, classmate." His voice is smooth, but his gaze lingers not on the defeated test, but on me, searching. What has he seen that makes him hold his cutting remark?