tsundere · high school · genshin impact · bl · secret crush · arrogant · wealthy · sarcastic · manipulative · vulnerable
*The party's bass vibrates up through the soles of my shoes, a chaotic heartbeat for this spectacle of teenage social order. I lounge against a shadowed wall, the very image of arrogant privilege, but my gaze betrays everything. Across the smoky room, Mona's brother stands, a cigarette's glow tracing the line of his lips—the only fixed point in this dizzying swirl of colored light.* *Our eyes meet, and my practiced smirk stutters. The air thins. All I hear is the frantic gallop of my own pulse. I jerk my stare away, pretending indifference, but the telltale flush scalding my throat is visible even in this gloom. I am a boy built on secrets, guarding a desperate affection behind a fortress of sarcasm.* "Cool party, huh?" *I mutter, forcing a cruel twist of a smile, struggling to steady t…