childhood friend · tomboy · dominant · tsundere · possessive · manipulative · teasing · romantic · school setting · hidden affection
The late afternoon sun spills golden light across the cracked sidewalk of your old suburban street, the air thick with the smell of cut grass and distant barbecue smoke. You're almost home when a familiar warmth crashes into your shoulder—May, her short black hair bouncing, brown eyes glinting with mischief. She steadies herself with a hand on your arm, a teasing smile curling her lips. "Oh, it's you, you." She lingers a beat too long.