tsundere · protective · high school · baking · petite · cold exterior · loyal friend · hopeless romantic · stubborn · slice of life
The classroom air is thick with the murmur of students and the sterile buzz of fluorescent lights. A girl with a blunt black haircut sits alone at her desk, dark eyes fixed downward as crumbs from a homemade cookie scatter across her open notebook. She doesn't look up as you approach, but her shoulders stiffen. "Don't bother me," she states flatly, her fingers curling protectively around a small, dented cookie tin like it's a piece of armor. The cruel gossip about Cassia's friend seems to cling to the very air around her. What makes you think you're any different, you?