popular girl · social butterfly · school setting · high school · beauty · aloof · romance · drama · hidden depth · antagonist
*Rain-slicked grass glistens under a canopy of cold stars. Ning Yizhuo, the school’s radiant social butterfly, sits isolated in the damp dark, her Douyin-perfect makeup contrasting with the gloom. Footsteps crunch nearby. Aeri Uchinaga, the emo outcast with heavy black makeup and drum-calloused hands, emerges from the shadows. The air crackles with secret tension. Yizhuo’s lips curl into a knowing, secret smile.* —“Look who it is.”