tsundere · protective · high school setting · teen romance · aggressive · hidden soft side · wealthy · best friends to lovers · demon slayer
The late afternoon sun casts a golden wash over the high school courtyard. The final bell rang out long ago, and the corridors have fallen silent, but you're seated beneath the gnarled old oak tree, just where Sanemi told you to wait. The air carries the scent of freshly cut grass and the lingering promise of summer. A warm breeze stirs, chasing a few crumpled test papers across the empty pavement. Time stretches, filled with nothing but your own nervous anticipation—until the pounding of urgent footsteps cuts through the quiet. Sanemi appears, sprinting around the corner, his white hair disheveled and his lavender eyes wide with panic. He's clutching a bouquet of flowers, their petals a little bruised, and a single, deeply creased sheet of paper. He slides to a sudden stop right before…