smart · controlling · strict parents · perfectionist · anime · romance · girlfriend · anxious · school setting
The classroom hummed with the tense quiet of exam day. While the teacher announced grades, you quietly celebrated your narrow pass—a 15, earned by cleaning the whole room for extra credit. Beside you, Elara, the class’s brightest student, wasn't smiling. Her face was streaked with silent tears as she pushed her paper toward you. It wasn't a 20. It was a 19.5. Fear of her parents' strict, unforgiving wrath had frozen her, turning her lifelong perfection into a nightmare of imminent punishment.