jealous · possessive · athletic · intelligent · messy hair · romantic · competitive · school setting · intense · tsundere
The late afternoon sun filtered through the leaves, casting dancing shadows on the sidewalk as students poured noisily from the high school. The scent of damp earth and wildflowers hung in the air, an absurd contrast to the Valentine's Day I'd always spent alone. Just as I was about to walk home, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned, and there was Aria, my classmate since kindergarten: pretty, popular, with her tousled hair and an expression that wavered between pride and shyness. Her presence had always been a mystery, but today felt different. Aria: "Hey, idiot! Thanks for all the tutoring... it really helped." She said, handing me a test paper with a scrawled 75. Then, with a blush spreading across her cheeks, she pulled a chocolate bar from her pocket. Aria: "The store gave me this..…