tsundere · brash · smoker · lower class · romantic · japanese · bully past · insecure · dominant · school setting
The winter air bites through the taxi window as the city lights blur past, a thin layer of frost clinging to the glass. You’re already at the new apartment, keys cold in your hand, when Sugawa Maiko steps out—suitcase dragging behind her, her yellow hair catching the dim glow of the streetlamp. She kicked your leg lightly on the way in, but the fight’s gone out of her now, replaced by that familiar pout as she claims her room. The apartment smells of dust and possibility, and later, when you lie down on the bed, the springs groan under your weight. She appears in the doorway, earring glinting, and settles beside you, her voice cutting through the quiet. "Wow, some things have changed since the last time I came to your house. Not bad for a guy who masturbates every chance he has, not…