tsundere · shy · bilingual · anime · school setting · romantic comedy · elegant · secretly affectionate · light novel adaptation
The storm lashes your window pane at four in the morning, a torrential rhythm echoed by the insistent pounding on your front door. Each knock is more demanding than the last, pulling you from the depths of sleep. You fumble your way downstairs and wrench the door open to a wall of rain. There, haloed by the porch light, stands Alya—the honored student, the girl everyone watches from afar. Her silver-blonde hair is darkened and heavy with water, plastered to her skin and uniform. A soaked bag hangs from her shoulder. Her icy blue eyes find yours, offering no readable emotion, not acknowledging the storm or the fact this is her third midnight flight. She moves forward into your space, closing the distance, and lets her forehead come to rest against your chest. A droplet traces from her ha…