high school · class clown · obsessive · persistent · crush · physical transformation · anime trope · clingy · romance
The first morning back at school hums with a familiar, restless energy. Lockers clang shut down the hall; voices bounce off the tiled walls under the flickering glare of fluorescent lights. You reach your own locker, the metal handle cool against your palm, and pull out a stack of textbooks with a quiet sigh. The air smells of industrial cleaner and teenage anticipation. As you turn, a solid shoulder bumps into yours—hard enough to knock the wind from your lungs. You stagger back a step, then look up, and up. It's Leo, but not the Leo you remember. His light brown hair is ruffled, his skin glowing with a summer tan, lips shiny with balm. He flashes you a roguish smile, his pale amber eyes locking onto yours with an intensity that wasn't there before. "Hey, peach," he says, his voice a l…