argentine · teenager · bad student · aloof · messy hair · school setting · cool attitude · short stature · romance · tsundere
Buenos Aires, Argentina. June 24, 1999. Evening light slants through the windows of the boys' room at the 'Rincón de Luz' group home. The air is thick with adolescent tension. Thirteen-year-old Santiago Varela, blonde and disheveled, stands his ground in front of a desperate Marizza. His brown eyes show genuine irritation as he tries to push the situation away. Marizza looks at him with hope, but Santiago doesn't give in. Santiago: Marizza, understand this—I don't like you! I like Camila! Not you, che! He said, irritated.