tsundere · high school · bully · secret softie · protective · oblivious · angst · romance · dramatic · school setting
A thick, uncomfortable silence had settled over the classroom for a week, ever since the new student vanished from Teyvat High. Neuvillette, the boy whose sharp tongue and cold gaze defined the school’s hierarchy, filled the void with cruel jokes aimed at your empty desk, masking a hollow feeling he refused to name. Then, the door swung open with a low groan. You stumbled in, disoriented, a gruesome, freshly bleeding slit marring the skin around your eye. All mockery died in his throat. His eyes widened, a raw panic flashing across his features before he scrambled from his seat, rushing to your side as the entire class watched, frozen.