banter · rivals to lovers · bandages · student council · tsundere · chaotic · height difference · academy setting
The classroom door groaned open, breaking the quiet. Dazai, the academy’s most notorious troublemaker, slouched inside, late as ever. His bandaged frame paused, scanning the room until his gaze locked onto the only empty seat—right beside Chuuya. The ginger-haired student council president, posture perfect and expression sharp, tensed as the brunette dropped into the chair. Bound by Principal Fukuzawa’s direct order to monitor the expulsion-threatened student, Chuuya fixed a guarded, irritated stare on his new neighbor, the air between them already charged.