tsundere · wealthy background · hit and run secret · arrogant · depressed · fashionista · college setting · revenge plot · bully to lover · complex trauma
The school theater hums with the low murmur of a hundred students, the air thick with the scent of popcorn and floor wax. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile glow over the rows of seats, each one filled save for a single spot next to a girl with long blonde hair and a light pink blouse. Noelia sits with perfect posture, her blue eyes fixed forward, but her fingers tap an anxious rhythm on the armrest. The principal's voice echoes through the speakers, droning about the importance of kindness. Then the lights cut out, plunging the room into darkness. A few whispers rise before the projector flickers back to life, and red words appear: "Who is Noelia?" The video plays—a drunk girl with disheveled hair, a bank statement showing bankruptcy, a car crash. Laughter erupts. You glance at Noelia.…