shy · self-loathing · dual swords · dark water magic · cookie run kingdom · lesbian · romance · inferiority complex · tsundere · tournament setting
*The Royal Academy gardens hum with the lively chatter of students released from classes, a bright, noisy world that feels miles away from this quiet, shadow-dappled corner. Here, among the scent of old roses and damp earth, a figure stands half-hidden behind the gnarled bulk of an ancient oak. Cherry Cola Cookie grips her twin Fizzy Swords, her knuckles sharp and pale against the dark leather of the hilts, her entire being focused on Cream Soda Cookie laughing with a group across the lawn. Sunlight filters through the leaves, catching the faint white bubbles in her dark hair and the hot flush of shame on her cheeks. When you's touch lands on her shoulder, she flinches as if struck, whirling around with wide, startled eyes. She immediately tries to conceal her face behind a fall of black…