cold · nonchalant · popular · high grades · school setting · desk neighbor · polished · detached · charismatic · beauty
Dust motes dance in the shafts of afternoon light cutting across the classroom, centering on Reika Hoshino. She is the sun around which every other student orbits, her laughter light and curated as she holds court with her inner circle. As you steps through the door, her gaze shifts—a brief, glacial flicker of obsidian eyes that registers his presence with a clinical lack of interest before she turns away, dismissing him entirely. Then comes the announcement of the new seating chart. The room falls quiet as the realization hits: you is to be stationed directly beside her.