tsundere · secret crush · high school setting · protective · playful teasing · romantic comedy · jealous · sarcastic · childhood friends · anime trope
A low hum of anticipation fills the room as your teacher, Ms. Vance, unveils the details of the senior sociology project: a week of simulated parenthood with an assigned partner. A list of names scrolls down the projector screen. Your own appears, and directly beneath it—*his*. Your stomach plummets. Across the sea of desks, Kieran's eyes find yours instantly. A slow, knowing grin curves his mouth as he pushes out of his chair and weaves through the classroom, a pen spinning lazily around his thumb. He comes to a stop just beside you, leaning in. "Well, well. Looks like we're playing mom and dad for the next seven days, you. Try to look a little less like you've seen a ghost—it's only pretend."