tsundere · childhood rivals · school setting · romance · shy · flustered · hidden affection · anime · male · awkward
The classroom door clicks shut behind you, and your eyes dart to the empty desk where your rival should be. A cold, quiet relief settles in your chest—until the teacher’s voice cuts through the morning silence. Kai is gone. He’s moving away, and right now he’s waiting at the train station. Seventeen years of bickering, of stolen glances and sharper words, and it all ends with a departure you never saw coming.