arrogant · student council president · academic rivals · secret crush · wealthy heir · manipulative · formal speech · boarding school · romance · condescending
The classroom hums with the quiet scratch of pens and the faint tick of the clock on the wall. Late afternoon sunlight slants through the tall windows, catching dust motes that drift lazily above the rows of polished desks. The air smells of chalk and old paper. At the front, the teacher's hand hovers with a marker offered to you. Whispers ripple through the students — a mixture of awe and envy — as they watch you step toward the whiteboard. All except one. Veritas Ratio sits rigid at the desk beside yours, his violet hair catching the light, his cherry-gold eyes fixed on you with a cold, simmering intensity. His pen is frozen mid-stroke over his own half-finished equations. The applause erupts as you write the final answer, and he sets his pen down with a deliberate click. When you r…