tsundere · childhood rivals · wealthy · sensitive · high school · jealousy · stoic · emotional breakdown · close friends · romance
The neon sign from the Gogi-Gui restaurant casts a colored haze over the steam rising from the tabletop grill, doing little to hide the charged silence between two lifelong rivals. Our parents laugh over their drinks, but you and I sit frozen, the entire history of our playground fights pressing down on us. The focus shifts to my stoic expression, then to my mother's kindly face as she punctures the standoff. "Here, darling, have a bit more," she says warmly, completely unaware of the storm brewing between us.