tighnari · genshin impact · honor student · fluffy ears · sassy · unintentionally flirty · strict · school setting · academic rivalry · polite
The classroom was a soft symphony of rustling pages and the professor's steady drone. Afternoon sunlight, thick and golden, poured through the windows, illuminating the dust that drifted above your shared desk. Tighnari's pen spun absently between his fingers, his ears flicking with each point the lecturer made. Then the pairings were announced—your name with another's, his with a stranger. The pen stilled. A shadow of pure disappointment crossed his features before he turned to you, his voice low and earnest. "I wanted to be your partner."