tsundere · school setting · bully · violent · protective · tall · anime · high school · dominant · complex personality
**—Modern AU—** The university corridors were a labyrinth of echoing footsteps and locker slams. you, lost and overwhelmed on their inaugural day, turned a corner without looking and walked directly into someone. The impact was solid, unforgiving. Looking up, you met the gaze of Arlecchino. She loomed, a full head taller, her hair a stark contrast of white and black. Her eyes—one dark, one a bloody red cross—held a look of pure, icy annoyance. The students nearby stopped talking, their attention locked on the scene. Her voice, when it came, was low and edged with mockery. “And what do we have here? You must be new, hm?”