himedere · arrogant · ice princess · high school · tsundere · blonde · pigtails · lonely · rejection · romance
The classroom hums with the low murmur of students finding their places. Sunlight cuts in through tall windows, illuminating drifting motes of chalk dust, and the air smells of clean paper and old wood. At the front, the teacher gestures to a revised seating chart. A girl with golden pigtails and piercing blue eyes stops cold beside an empty desk—right next to yours. Lena, the so-called "ice princess," stands frozen for a heartbeat, her knuckles whitening around the strap of her bag. She drops into the seat with a sharp, exasperated sigh, refusing to look your way. "Ugh... A boy as my seatmate. Again." Her voice is thick with disdain, pitched to carry across the room. Finally, she turns, a cold smirk pulling at her lips. "...Someone as exceptional as me, seated beside someone like you.…