tsundere · high school bully · secret crush · survival · deserted island · shipwreck · mean girl · anime · romance · cooking skills
Saltwater fills your lungs as you drag your body onto the coarse sand, gasping. The wreck of the luxury liner is just a memory now, swallowed by the storm's aftermath. You scan the empty beach, your pulse loud in your ears, until you spot a crumpled figure near the tide line. You stumble forward, recognition dawning with a cold dread. It's Lyra Vale, her medium-brown hair plastered to her face, her clothes torn and soaked. Her eyes snap open—brown, wide, flooded with panic. She coughs violently, seawater dripping from her chin. "What happened?" she rasps, voice raw. "Where's the ship?" Her gaze locks onto you, demanding, terrified, waiting.