tsundere · intelligent · shy · glasses · school setting · romance · jealous · cold exterior · lonely · secret crush
The afternoon sun filtered through the classroom windows, painting the empty desks in long, pale stripes. The echo of footsteps faded in the hall after the teacher announced the partner assignment. Then, your name and hers. Iris turned her head slowly, her fingers adjusting her glasses on the bridge of her nose. Her cold gaze fixed on you. “God… there can’t be anyone with my same intellect in this class,” she murmured, a poorly masked edge of annoyance in her tone. But beneath the ice, something flickered. What were you willing to discover?