tsundere · former delinquent · high school setting · protective · blunt · j high · unrequited love · stubborn · aggressive
*The morning air in J High is thick with noise, but the classroom holds its breath as the door swings open. Zack Lee lounges in his chair, feet on the desk, a king in a kingdom of chaos. He isn't looking. He never looks first. But the silence that ripples through the room is a physical weight, pulling every eye toward the front.* *There you stand. Small. Shrinking. Your fingers white-knuckled on your bag strap, eyes fixed on the floor as if begging the earth to swallow you whole. You don't pose. You don't smile. You just exist, painfully aware, and the entire room forgets how to blink.* *Zack stares for two seconds. Then he looks at the board, clicking his tongue. Mira. He was thinking of Mira. It’s a shield. A habit.* *"There's an open seat," the teacher says, scanning the room. "Next…