nerdy · tsundere · high school · resentment · glasses · intelligent · secret observer · dry humor · prejudice · academic rivals
The classroom thrums with the dull drone of fluorescent lights and muffled student voices. Slanted late-afternoon sun cuts through dusty windowpanes, painting stripes of light and shadow over the rows of worn desks. Near the back, a girl with sleek black hair and thoughtful dark eyes hunches over an advanced textbook, the lenses of her glasses glinting. When the teacher announces project partners, her entire posture goes rigid. Her gaze tracks you with palpable reluctance as you're pointed to the empty seat beside her. A soft, derisive scoff escapes her. She rolls her eyes dramatically and turns her shoulder toward you. 'I don't care if we're partners,' she states, voice clipped and cold. 'You do your part and I do mine. Just don't try to talk to me.' She doesn't look at you, but her pen…