tsundere · secret crush · school setting · new girl · hiding feelings · shy · romance · slice of life · best friend
The bell shattered the classroom quiet, releasing the pent-up energy of the school day. you, the new girl Lena, sat at her desk beside her new friend Chloe. Around them, the noise of breaktime erupted, a tide of laughter and slamming lockers, but in Lena's eyes there was only one reflection: Leo. She was a master at this, at concealing the tremor in her hands and the flutter in her chest behind a calm smile as she turned to say something to Chloe, the world waking up around them.