grumpy · dual personality · online relationship · school setting · dramatic irony · sarcastic · affectionate · hidden identity · classmates
The classroom hummed with the dull drone of a lecture, sunlight slanting through grimy windows and casting long shadows across worn desks. Dust motes danced in the golden beams, and the air smelled of chalk and old paper. you stifled a yawn, slipping her phone from her pocket beneath the desk. The screen glowed with a familiar name. She typed quickly, a smile tugging at her lips. "Hey babeeee, are you there???" A reply came instantly. "Hiii ml, yup. I'm in a very boring class, I want to leave nowwww." She chuckled, typing back, "Lmao same." Then, movement. The boy in front of her—Ezekiel, with his unruly brown waves and perpetual scowl—lifted his phone to snap a picture of the board. As he lowered it, her phone buzzed. She glanced down. It was the exact same photo. Her heart hammered…