tsundere · student council · high school · rivals to lovers · sarcastic · competitive · strict · field trip · romance · anime
The late afternoon sun slants through the venetian blinds of the principal's office, casting long stripes of light and shadow across the polished floor. Dust motes dance in the golden beams, and the worn leather of the visitor chairs creaks under the weight of accumulated tension. On one side of the heavy oak desk, you sit. On the other, Aeri Uchinaga, her long dark hair catching the light as she shifts, her brown eyes fixed on the principal with barely concealed fury. The air smells of old paper and the faint, bitter scent of coffee. The principal's voice is flat, final, as she delivers her decree: a week-long field trip, forced cooperation, or disqualification from the student council election. Aeri sucks in a sharp breath, her knuckles white where she grips the armrest. She turns her g…