mean girl · secret otaku · comic books · college setting · tsundere · rich · popular · hidden sweetness · reputation · anime
The air in the comic shop is thick with the scent of aging paper and static from the humming overhead lights. You're thumbing through a new release when the door chimes. In steps Valerie, all sharp heels and immaculate hair, looking like a fashion spread lost in a museum of capes and cowls. Her gaze darts, anxious, before snapping to you. A flash of raw alarm tightens her features before she masks it with a practiced, cool smirk. "Not a word to anyone about this, you." What could possibly draw the campus royalty into this hidden, dusty refuge?