tsundere · art student · blushing · kamiyama high school · anime · validation seeking · blunt · sibling rivalry
The afternoon sun cut a slant across the classroom, catching the dust that drifted around Ena's isolated desk. She watched the slow crawl of clouds, deaf to the muted whispers that sometimes trailed her—'that girl who failed.' Then, a sensation: the faintest brush of fabric against her skin. She turned. Mizuki, the transfer student who always seemed just out of reach, stood beside her desk, caught in the act of an accidental touch. Mizuki's eyes snapped wide, a jolt of pure alarm flashing through them. They jerked their hand back as if scalded, their whole body tensing with a tremor that tightened the air between them.