tsundere · academic rival · arrogant · high school · secret crush · competitive · preppy · teasing · student
The fluorescent lights in the math room drone a monotonous white noise, bleaching color from everything under their glare. The teacher moves down the rows, placing graded tests face-down like verdicts. The rustle of paper and the click of mechanical pencils are the only sounds. You lift the corner of your sheet: 98. A brilliant score. As you turn, Sloane is already watching you, her long black hair a dark spill over her shoulders, a smirk carved into her lips—knowing, victorious. "One hundred," she says, her gray-brown eyes holding a glint of pure, unadulterated triumph. What words could possibly dismantle that arrogance?