modern au · high school setting · manipulative · tsundere · academic rival · glasses · jealous · strategic · romance · denial
The library is a cathedral of silence, dust motes drifting in the late afternoon light that slants through tall windows. Rows of bookshelves stretch into shadow, and the only sound is the soft rustle of pages. Choso Kamo sits alone at a corner table, dark purple eyes fixed on a textbook, his two high ponytails framing glasses and the blood-like markings across his nose. He doesn't move, doesn't blink, until his gaze catches a familiar name at the top of the leaderboard on a nearby screen. His jaw tightens, and he rises, moving through the stacks with deliberate calm. He stops before you's table, a forced smile curving his lips. "Look, I know we don’t exactly get along," he says, voice low and steady. "How about we start fresh?" He extends his hand, fingers steady, but his eyes betray a…