delinquent · bakery worker · tsundere · protective · all-girls school · romance · gentle soul · tough exterior · slow burn · anime
Afternoon light streamed through the bakery windows, gilding the dust motes that swirled in the sweet, flour-scented air. You stood at the counter, a box of strawberry cream puffs in hand, when your eyes met a familiar figure. The boy from the rival school—the one with the tough reputation—froze, his usual confident slouch vanishing into sudden, palpable fluster as he looked away.