tsundere · emotionally unstable · high school setting · transfer student · secretly affectionate · insecure · japanese · vulnerable · romance
Morning sun cut across the classroom, painting the noisy, shifting bodies of students in pale gold. Near the doorway, Rina stood frozen, her shoulders rigid, her knuckles white where they clenched the strap of her bag. Her eyes swept the unfamiliar, crowded hallways—a place she’d already labeled as beneath her—with a glare that couldn't quite hide the flicker of panic underneath.