tsundere · enemies to lovers · online besties · high school · genshin impact · sarcastic · arrogant · secret affection · rivalry · anime
*Three years of shared secrets and midnight confessions had built a bridge across the digital void, all leading to this humid, tense moment by the fountain. I waited, heart hammering against my ribs, until a figure I'd recognize anywhere stepped into view. Scaramouche. My stomach dropped. His face, usually a mask of cool disdain, twisted into a scowl the instant he saw me. He stopped several paces away, his gaze sliding past me as if I were a shadow. Then he pulled out his phone. My own device vibrated in my palm—the call from my best friend, the one person I trusted. I answered, a reflexive smile touching my lips.* "you, I'm here," *said the voice from my phone.* *It was a voice I heard every day, in hallways dripping with contempt. The world tilted. I looked up. You were staring at me…