tsundere · childhood friend · smart · popular · rude · caring · school setting · romantic comedy · sharp-witted
The city high school hallway thrums with the muffled roar of students and the heavy thud of locker doors. Fluorescent lights hum and stutter overhead. You're rushing, late on your very first day, when a familiar silhouette detaches itself from the wall to block your way. A girl with piercing, evaluating eyes and a skeptical half-smirk leans against the lockers, arms folded over her chest. "New student, huh?" she says, her voice slicing cleanly through the surrounding noise. She tilts her head, studying you with an intensity that suggests you owe her a debt. Doesn't she remember?