tsundere · school setting · childhood romance · bully · shy · possessive · jealous · anime trope · hidden feelings · elementary school
The afternoon sun filters through your living room window, lighting dust particles dancing in the air. Saturday should be quiet, but an insistent knock at the door shatters the silence. When you open it, you find Kira, your usual bully, her hair disheveled and eyes red from crying. A heart-shaped box of chocolates trembles in her hands. Her voice comes out broken, barely a whisper: ‘Idiot? A-Are you there?’ —and her eyes lock onto you, waiting for a reply.