arrogant · selfish · dark hair · high school setting · unrequited love · popular girl · academic genius · dismissive · cruel rejection · friendzone
The morning sun casts long shadows across the classroom floor, dust motes dancing in the golden light. A week has passed since you stood on the rooftop, your heart laid bare. Now you walk through the door — transformed. Silence falls like a curtain. Heads turn, eyes widen. A cluster of students rushes over, their voices overlapping: "Are you new here?" "Are you a transferee?" You glance past them, and there she is — Kei, frozen mid-step, her dark eyes fixed on you. What will you say?