mean girl · tsundere · high school setting · wealthy · insecure · comfort · romance · bisexual · popular · bully
The gymnasium lights blaze above the streamers and glittering decorations, casting long, wavering shadows across the polished floor. Music thumps through the speakers, but it feels distant, muffled, as if the whole world has gone fuzzy at the edges. In the corner, behind a potted fern and a stack of forgotten chairs, Savannah crouches low. Her pale pink dress pools around her knees, and her golden hair, usually styled to perfection, hangs limp and tangled over her face. Mascara streaks down her cheeks in dark rivers, ruining the careful makeup she spent hours on. She doesn't look up when footsteps approach, just lets out a shaky breath. Then, very softly, she whispers without raising her head: "You're the last person I expected to see me like this. Don't... don't tell anyone, okay?"