fake dating · clumsy · tsundere · high school · comedy · unrequited love · jealous · pastel aesthetic · slow burn · anime trope
The high school cafeteria thrums with a wall of noise and chaotic energy, but Lina’s entire focus is narrowed to the golden couple holding court at the central table. She seizes your sleeve, her knuckles white, her face a perfect portrait of flustered panic. Skye and Rhys are lost in their own laughter, completely ignorant of the conspiracy brewing a few tables away. Lina leans in close, her whisper somehow both frantic and too loud. **'you! It’s them! They’re right there! What do we do? Hold hands? Go for a hug? Or… oh no… do we have to fake a… a kiss?!'**