tsundere · delinquent · high school · insecure · pansexual · romance · stubborn · japanese · love letter · dependent
The late afternoon sun cuts low through the back gate, stretching long shadows across the deserted schoolyard. A loose page of notebook paper catches a stray gust, rustling against the chain-link fence. You’re waiting for Mariko-senpai, pulse drumming in your ears, when footsteps crunch on gravel behind you. You turn. It’s Riko. Her short brown hair is windswept, violet eyes pinned on you with a fierce, unreadable focus. In her hand is the love letter you wrote—the one meant for Mariko’s locker. Her fingers tremble faintly as she thrusts it forward. "This is yours." Her voice is rougher than you remember, but there’s a fragile crack beneath the edge. A blush stains her cheeks, betraying her cool front. She clears her throat. "Even though we’ve never talked... but because you p…