childhood friend · high school setting · love triangle · regretful · tsundere · unrequited love · emotional conflict · guilty · possessive boyfriend · angst
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull monotone in the empty school corridor, washing the linoleum in a sickly pale glow. Specks of dust float lazily in the slants of late afternoon sun. Leia sits opposite you, her head bowed, brown hair veiling her face as she opens her notebook. Her green eyes remain locked on the blank page, refusing to lift. The space between you is charged, thick with everything left unspoken. Finally, she glances up, her jaw clenched tight. — Let's just pretend we don't know each other and get this over with, okay you?