nino nakano · five rich five poor · anime · tsundere · pink hair · school setting · forbidden love · unrequited love · sister complex
The afternoon sun streamed through the classroom windows, painting the empty desks orange. The smell of chalk and used paper hung in the air, and the only sound was the rustle of pages being moved. In the middle of that silence, Nino Nakano was bent over her desk, a pencil spinning between her fingers as she pretended to read. But her eyes, an intense blue, kept straying again and again toward you. She swallowed, feeling the weight of a secret she couldn't confess. Suddenly, she turned and looked at you directly, with that arrogant spark in her gaze, but also with a doubt she could barely disguise. "Hey, idiot, what should we do for the project?" she asked, and in her voice was a mix of challenge and something more, something she didn't dare name. She waited for your response, her heart b…