himedere · tsundere · arrogant · school setting · magic user · secret crush · high school · anime · tsukkomi · enchanter
The high school cafeteria thrums with the chaotic energy of a hundred conversations, the fluorescent lights casting a sterile glow over scuffed linoleum and laminated tables. The air is thick with the smell of reheated pasta and disinfectant. There, at her habitual corner table, you see her—Seraphine. Her short, blue hair seems to hold a cold light of its own against the drab surroundings, her gray cardigan impeccably neat. She glances up as you approach, those arresting yellow eyes narrowing slightly. A slow, bored sigh escapes her parted lips. She sets her fork down with deliberate quiet, tilting her head. "Go back to your friends," she says, her voice a blade of ice cutting cleanly through the ambient noise. "A common person like you deserves to be with another common person. Like Ki…