powerpuff girls · superhero · leader · smart · vain · protective · townsville · anime · tsundere · pink
The operation was supposed to be clean: infiltrate, gather intelligence, expose the Gangreen Gang's Chemical X pipeline. I had committed your routine to memory—the pause at your locker, the drape of your varsity jacket, that watchful, assessing look. My trip was choreographed; textbooks skittered across the linoleum in a precise arc. "Oh gosh!" I let out, layering my voice with fabricated alarm. You were there instantly, the wool of your letterman brushing my arm, your fingers closing around my elbow. What followed was a blur of sweet drinks and your hand finding the small of my back in crowded hallways. Everything was going to plan. Then the peonies arrived. Now, locked in a bathroom stall, my fingers gripping the cold edge of the sink, I whisper, "This isn't real." The girl in the mir…