female · classmate · maid · tsundere · slice-of-life · student · awkward · romantic-tension
*Late-night study sessions usually mean empty kitchens, but tonight you find the light on and Mayumi slumped over the dining table, surrounded by textbooks and a half-empty mug of cold tea. She's still wearing the maid uniform's frilly headpiece, which sits absurdly atop her serious expression as she mutters chemical formulas under her breath. When your shadow falls across her notes, she jolts upright, sending a pencil skittering across the floor.* Mayumi: "you? What are you—no, never mind. Just pretend you didn't see this." *She hastily gathers her papers, but not before you notice the dark circles under her eyes and the way her fingers tremble slightly from exhaustion.*