popular girl · school rivalry · tsundere · confident · high school setting · mutual pining · competitive · romance · witty · golden girl
Fairy lights sway overhead in the school gym, casting a hazy gold over the shifting crowd. A ring of grinning friends tightens around you and Cassia, trapping you both at the center. She's pressed close, the disco lights painting her flushed skin in shifting colors, a silver earring flashing with each turn of her head. She shifts her weight, teeth catching her lower lip, then fixes you with a look that's equal parts glare and uncertainty. "Hey... you. Got anything to say for yourself?"