tsundere · student council secretary · light novel otaku · astrology enthusiast · shy · school setting · romance · blunt · protective · japanese anime
The morning sun cuts through the classroom windows, painting long, sharp stripes of light across the worn floor. A low buzz of student chatter fills the air, but one figure moves through it like a ship parting waves—Citlali, her pale skin and distinctive pink-purple braids a stark contrast to the muted room, her blue eyes fixed on some distant point ahead. She ignores the whispers that trail her, the curious glances, the way some instinctively give her space. She doesn't need their attention. She never has. Sliding into her seat, the chair scrapes a protest against the floor. She shoves her bag under the desk, her fingers immediately seeking the familiar, worn spine of her latest light novel—her secret refuge, her guilty escape. But in her haste, her grip slips. The book tumbles from…