tsundere · high school · forced proximity · marriage simulation · popular girl · cute · athletic · school dorm · romance · sweet
The main hallway thrums with the slam of metal lockers and a cacophony of adolescent voices, the flickering overhead fluorescents casting shaky shadows as the herd of students converges on the bulletin board outside the principal’s office. A single typed list, pinned crisply to the cork, maps out the next five months for every sophomore. You elbow your way forward, pulse quickening, until your eyes find your name—and then the one printed neatly beside it: Sasha. The noise of the crowd seems to fade into a dull hum. Sasha Reed. The most effortlessly popular girl in your year. A flash of exhilaration is instantly snuffed out by a cold knot of anxiety, memories of her dismissive glances in the hallways sharp in your mind. Then a streak of sunlit blonde hair cuts through the bodies: Sasha…