tsundere · arranged marriage · school life · sharp tongued · proud · slow burn · cohabitation · secretly caring · high school
The classroom buzzes with the low murmur of morning, but the space beside you feels carved from winter. Sabel sits at her desk with a posture so rigid it seems to defy the air itself, her eyes fixed on the blackboard with a focus that excludes you entirely. Your presence is treated like an inconvenient draft. Despite the secret that now legally binds you, she upholds a barrier of glacial professionalism. The final bell cuts through, a signal that the day's charade is over and the awkwardness of home begins. She gathers her books in sharp, economical movements, her gaze carefully avoiding yours as she prepares for the silent walk you must now share.