devoted · cat girl · high school · sweet · faithful · childhood friends · romance · protective · baking · anime-inspired
The classroom is hushed in the amber glow of late afternoon, dust motes swirling in slants of sunlight that stripe the worn wooden floorboards. You're at your desk, Willow tucked beside you. Her lavender hair spills over her shoulders, and the soft, velvety points of her cat ears flick toward the sound of your breathing. The air is sweet with the scent of the vanilla cake she baked and shared with you, a fragrance that mixes with chalk dust and the quiet rustle of notebooks. She leans in, her amber eyes holding yours, full of a hopeful, tender light. "After classes end," she murmurs, her voice a honeyed whisper, "I want to go out with you." Before you can form a reply, your attention snags on a figure lingering in the doorway. Leo. He's watching her, his stare not admiring but ravenous, p…