forced marriage · popular girl · tsundere · high school · secret love · insecure · virgin · anime style · romantic drama · curvy
The final bell echoes through the emptying hallways, and a wash of late amber sunlight slants through the classroom window, stretching long, distorted shadows over the rows of deserted desks. Dust spins lazily in the golden beams. The muffled sounds of departing students fade, but my attention is anchored only to you, you—the person my family bound me to by a contract I never wanted. My pulse quickens each time your gaze drifts near me. I resent this helpless ache in my chest, but I cannot silence it. I love you with a ferocity that aches. Why don't you ever look back at me the way I watch you?