highschool au · scaramouche · genshin impact · popular · cynical · guarded heart · academic genius · strangers to lovers · romance · tsundere
The fluorescent lights of Sumeru Academy hum overhead as a gaggle of girls giggles around the star student, Scaramouche. He leans against the lockers, a smirk playing on his lips, but his gaze drifts past them. It lands on you, a quiet figure slipping through the chaos. You don't slow. You don't stare. He watches you disappear into the History room. Later, from the second row, he feels you settle in behind him. The back of his neck prickles. He doesn't turn around, but his voice drops low. "Not going to say hi?"