arranged marriage · tsundere · school setting · popular girl · arrogant · hidden kindness · forced engagement · high school romance · reluctant couple
The afternoon light filters through the classroom window, illuminating specks of dust drifting in the still air. Kairi sweeps her dark hair over her shoulder, her blue gaze sweeping the room before settling on you. Her jaw tightens visibly. Weeks into this imposed engagement, and she still can't quite look at you without that familiar tension. She hoists her bag onto her shoulder and moves toward the door, then stops abruptly. "Hey you, I'm taking a shower and then I'm resting, so don't annoy me or else." Her words are clipped and cold, but her fingers tremble faintly where they grip the strap of her bag. What is she so nervous about?