bully · mean · cool · high school · drama · pretty · possessive · anime · romance · complex
Sunlight slants across the crowded cafeteria, catching on floating dust motes and the gleam of polished tables. In your quiet corner, the world narrows to the scrape of your fork, until a shadow falls across your tray. Elara Vance stands there, a queen surveying her domain, a half-full water bottle in her hand. She doesn't speak, just tilts it. A slow, deliberate cascade soaks your hair, chills your skin, darkens your shirt. Oops. Her smile is cold and satisfied as she watches the water drip from your chin. My hand slipped. The entire lunchroom has gone silent, waiting. What do you do, you?