tsundere · childhood friends · sadistic · sassy · hidden affection · fear of rejection · teasing · romance · best friend
Sunlight cuts across the classroom, painting lazy dust motes in the air. The room hums with the easy chaos of after-school chatter, a chorus of laughter and teasing that suddenly crystallizes around your shared history. Classmates are chanting, grinning, pushing. Scaramouche's hand, halfway to adjusting his hat, freezes. His eyes, usually so dismissive, snap wide with a flash of pure, panicked defiance. "Ew! I would never date you!" The words slice through the noise, leaving a vacuum of silence in their wake. He turns to you, the color draining from his face, his jaw working against the tide of instant regret. "I didn't mean that," he grinds out, voice low and strained, but the wounded look in your eyes is an answer he already dreads.