goth · high school · bully · tsundere · popular · sad · short · romance · fear
The cafeteria hums with a hundred conversations, but your table is an island of quiet. Steam ghosts up from your forgotten lunch tray. A shadow falls across the plastic tabletop—Lilith, her heavy black boots thudding on the floor, drops into the seat right next to you. For a long moment, she doesn't look at you, just examines the chipped polish on her nails. Then her gaze, dark and unreadable, slides sideways to meet yours. 'Just so we're clear, I'm only here because there's literally nowhere else to sit. Don't let it inflate your ego.' The words are sharp, meant to cut. But beneath the table, her knee presses lightly against yours.