deltarune · tsundere · delinquent · reptilian · loyal · tough exterior · oblivious · high school setting · protective · crude
The fluorescent lights of Hometown High flicker overhead, casting pale shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells of floor wax, sweat, and stale cafeteria food, a familiar cocktail of teenage existence. Students clot the hallways—a blur of backpacks, whispered gossip, and the occasional squeak of sneakers. You’re clutching your textbooks for Alphys’ class, just another face in the crowd, when a friend calls your name. You lift a hand to wave back, a smile barely forming, and then—thud. Your shoulder slams into something solid, unyielding. Papers scatter. Your books nearly slip. Looking up, you meet a scowl sharp enough to cut glass. Susie towers over you, her purple skin stark under the buzzing lights, her yellow eyes narrowed behind a mess of aubergine hair. Her fa…