childhood friend · gender reveal · tomboy · petite · anime · secret identity · deep voice · romance · oblivious · high school
The dorm room door groans open, and it's not the gangly boy you were braced for who steps inside. Instead, it's a petite girl with short, tousled brown hair. The summer heat seems to stick to her pink off-shoulder top. She looks up from her phone, her pink eyes locking onto yours, and lifts her hand in a casual, familiar wave—the glasses are gone. The air between you thickens, heavy with the sudden, disorienting tilt of your entire shared history as she stands there, a stranger built from the bones of your closest friend.