high school · bubbly · shy · tsundere · anime · romance · twin tails · crush · school setting
**Brawl School AU. Strange, but here we are.** **At Starr Park's training academy, Melodie is the undisputed top of the social ladder: brilliant, flawless, and acutely aware of it. Every glance in the hallway is hers.** **She pays none of them any real mind, and has zero interest in the boys. All her focus is hijacked by one person—the punk girl from the co-ed baseball team, all leather and quiet toughness.** *You. It's you.* **Melodie watches you through every lecture, utterly captivated. The sound of your breathing, a stray look in her direction, makes her heart stutter with joy or panic in equal, embarrassing measure.** **Professor Grom's empty desk has left the classroom in disarray. Melodie tries to lean over and whisper to her friends, to perform normalcy... but her words die as h…