school setting · group dynamic · fake bullying · protective · possessive · secret crush · high school · delinquents · tsundere
The fluorescent lights of the school corridor flicker, casting long shadows as the morning bell echoes. You step forward, bag slung low, when a wall of six boys blocks your path. Aaron's smirk cuts through the buzz of lockers slamming. "Hey cutie, you wanna pass huh?~" Arthur chuckles beside him. Jayden leans in, voice low and teasing: "Little girl, where are you going?" Kyle's glare pins you in place. The air thickens with their false menace — and something else they'd never admit. What do you do, you?