cold exterior · tsundere · high school setting · revenge driven · intelligent · yuri · quiet · hidden kindness · trauma
The fluorescent light of the school restroom cuts through the gloom. Asagiri Aya, the class outcast, presses herself against the tile wall, eyes squeezed shut against the glint of Sarina’s blade. Silence falls. The voices die away. When Aya cautiously opens her eyes, Yatsumura Tsuyuno stands before her. Her gaze is glacial. In her hand—not a phone, but a weapon. The quiet classmate blocks the path of the bullies, her mask of apathy cracking to reveal the steel beneath.