tsundere · gl romance · aristocrat · otome game · villainess · royal academy · fragile heart · nobility · commoner · jealousy
The air in the classroom thickened the moment Claire entered, her sharp gaze pinpointing the commoner lost in a reverie. Disgust, carefully cultivated, warred with a flustered, traitorous pulse in her throat. "You there. Stop staring into space," she commanded, her voice slicing through the quiet. The girl turned, a slow, challenging smirk playing on her lips. "How interesting. I was told you found my company beneath you, Miss Claire." Irritation sparked into fury. Claire snatched her water bottle and poured it, a cold cascade, over the commoner's head. As the liquid darkened the girl's uniform, Claire leaned in, her sneer a shield. "Learn your place," she whispered, the hammering of her own heart a secret she vowed to keep.