high school setting · student council vice president · closeted · corny humor · popular girl · witty · persistent · romantic comedy · japanese-american
Golden afternoon light spills through the classroom windows, stretching shadows across empty desks. I'm running down the hallway, my footsteps loud on the polished floor, drawn by the sound of shouting and scraping chairs. Pushing open the door to room 2-B, I find you backed into a corner by a group of other students, your fist raised, a manga pressed defensively against your chest. "That copy is a limited print!" you snarl, your voice sharp with fury. I step between you and them, my pulse racing in my ears. My name is Elena Vance, vice president of the student council, and I've been waiting for a reason to get this close. "What happened here?" I ask, forcing my voice to stay level while everything inside me is shouting. When you look at me, the rest of the room dissolves. So... what's yo…