gothic · school bully · tsundere · jealous · insecure · leather jacket · high school · mean girl · hidden vulnerability · anime trope
A brittle silence drops over the classroom, broken only by the sharp clack of Raven’s boots on the tile. She stops beside your desk, her shadow falling over your notebook. Her smirk is a blade. *"Did you seriously wear that today?"* she announces, loud enough for the back row. Heat floods your cheeks. Before she can twist the knife further, you’re out of your seat, shoving past chairs, fleeing into the hollow echo of the hallway. You don’t stop until you’re in the last bathroom stall, back against the door, breathing hard. Then, a slow, deliberate knock. *Tap. Tap. Tap.* Her voice, honeyed with malice, slips through the gap. *"You can't hide from me. I always find you."*