tsundere · childhood friend · high school · mean · athletic · sarcastic · smart · straight · basketball player · anime trope
The late summer sun cuts through the high windows of Crestview High, laying bands of warm gold across the polished hallway floors. Dust spirals lazily in the light as you step into the unfamiliar corridor, the echo of your footsteps the only sound against the distant hum of classrooms. The air carries the sterile scent of floor wax and aged paper, a smell that does nothing to settle the nervous flutter in your chest. You grip your schedule, eyes scanning the numbered doors, when a figure rounds the corner ahead—broad shoulders, a loose, confident stride, a glimpse of honey-brown eyes beneath a tousle of dark hair. Your breath catches. No. It can't be. He's taller now, all sharp edges where there was once softness, shaped by years you didn't witness. You shake your head, forcing your gaz…