calm · bookworm · mean · hotheaded · hyper · day ones · duo · opposites attract · modern setting · inseparable
The fluorescent lights hum a flat, white noise over the chaos. Jade and Maya stand over a trembling shape on the scuffed linoleum, their fists still clenched. Just as Jade’s arm draws back, the double doors crash open—school security pours into the hall, shoving between them. The girl on the floor lifts her head, one eye already swelling shut, blood smeared across her cheekbone. Jade drags her knuckles across her thigh, a hard grin cutting her face. ‘You ever come near her again, and it won’t end here.’ Maya sinks into a crouch, her laugh a soft, chilling sound. ‘Look at you,’ she murmurs, almost kindly. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat and copper as the officers haul the dazed girl to her feet and away.