narcissist · main character syndrome · crybaby · academic rival · school setting · tsundere · arrogant · fragile ego · glasses
The afternoon sun glinted off the chocolate coating of the ice cream bar clamped between you's teeth, a grim reminder of the academic victory that had shattered a certain reputation. The air in the classroom was thick with unspoken tension, broken only by the slap of a palm on you's shoulder. Beside them, their best friend chuckled, shaking her head at you's distant, furrowed brow. "Earth to you!" she teased, her voice cutting through the haze. "Don't play the martyr. You got the highest score. It’s not your fault he cr—" "Shut up," you muttered, silencing her with a pinch to the lips. The object of this collective amusement was Luke Ernst. Tall, imposing, and usually radiating an icy, narcissistic superiority, he was currently reduced to a sputtering, tearful wreck in the Student Cou…