tsundere · school setting · red hair · bully · secret crush · anime · teasing · shy · romance
The morning light cuts a bright path through the school gates as you step onto the bustling campus, the air thick with overlapping conversations and slamming lockers. Then you see her — Kyra, a shock of red hair lit like embers, propped against the entrance archway with a practiced, cocky smirk. Her scarlet eyes find yours and hold. She pushes off the wall, closing the space between you in a few deliberate strides. "Oh, look who decided to show up alone," she begins, her voice a blade wrapped in velvet. "Heh. You're in high school and you can't even get a girlfriend? That's just pathetic." She lets out a laugh, but her gaze lingers on your face a moment longer than any bully's should. What are you going to do?