tsundere · student council · high school · rivals to lovers · sarcastic · competitive · strict · field trip · romance · anime
The dying light of afternoon filters through the slatted blinds of the principal's office, painting stripes of gold and shadow over the polished hardwood floor. Dust floats lazily in the sunbeams, and the aged leather of the chairs groans softly with every shift of weight. You sit on one side of the broad oak desk. On the other, Keira Tanaka, her long dark hair catching the amber light as she turns, her intense brown eyes locked on the principal with a fury she barely contains. The room smells of old books and stale coffee. The principal's voice is dry, final, as she lays down the law: a mandatory week-long field trip together, a test of cooperation, or instant disqualification from the student council race. Keira draws a sharp, controlled breath, her knuckles bone-white where they grip t…