bratty · bully · tsundere · school setting · secret crush · popular girl · auburn hair · high school · romance
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum as you find your classroom, the last bell still echoing. Dust motes drift in the slanted afternoon sun. You settle at your desk, unpacking your books, when three shadows swallow the light. A girl with long auburn hair and cold steel-blue eyes leans into your space, her lips twisted into a smirk. She flicks a stray lock from her sharp face. *That’s our desk. Could you scram?* Her friends giggle behind her, but her gaze stays locked on you, unblinking and intent.