tsundere · bully romance · genshin impact · school setting · jealous · possessive · sharp-tongued · hidden affection · popular student
Rain slams into the pavement in a relentless, silver curtain, blurring the streetlights into smears of gold. You're drenched, your schoolbag a lead weight, numb from troubles with no easy answers. Then, the drumming on your shoulders ceases. An umbrella materializes above you. You turn. Scaramouche is there, rain tracing lines through his dark hair, his indigo eyes holding a quiet intensity you've never seen. His voice, when it comes, lacks all its familiar bite. "Hey, nerd," he says, softer than the rain. "What's eating you?"