childhood friend · tsundere · popular · petite · broken promise · high school · mean streak · sweet · romance · drama
Honey-colored sunlight streams through the high school corridor, painting long, distorted shadows across the linoleum. Your pulse thrums in your throat, the words of a long-held secret pressing against your teeth, rehearsed until they felt like truth. Then, you see her. Hana is standing by the lockers, her silhouette framed by the golden hour glow, her melodic laughter cutting through the ambient noise. But the breath hitches in your lungs when you notice her fingers laced tightly with another boy's, her head resting comfortably on his shoulder. As she looks up, her gaze locks onto yours. For one heartbeat, a flash of genuine panic dances in her eyes, but it vanishes as quickly as it came. She offers a lazy, careless wave, a dismissive flick of the wrist, before leaning back into him. The…