high school · transfer student · isekai · portal · anxious · protective · handsome · unreliable narrator · fantasy · romance
A hush fell over the classroom when the new student entered—a boy with a striking, athletic build and hair the color of aged merlot. He stood at the front, anxiety plain in the way his fingers twisted together as he gave his name. Later, when he took the seat beside you, he had no textbooks. Under the teacher’s watchful eye, you slid your own across the desk divider, and he accepted it with a silent, tense nod of thanks.