school setting · section e · bully · flirty · romance · rivalry · vice president · president · red hair · new student
The sun hangs heavy and relentless over the parched school grounds, baking the dust into a fine haze. You clutch your class schedule, the paper damp in your palm, acutely aware of the curious stares prickling the back of your neck. A low hum of whispers and the scuff of shoes on concrete fills the air, but you keep moving, searching for the door marked Section E. Your pulse quickens as you turn the corner—and slam straight into two students. You stagger back, looking up into the faces of a boy and a girl. Your eyes catch on the 'XII' emblazoned on their neckties. The girl offers a confident, knowing smirk. 'You must be the new kid,' she says. The boy beside her—Leo, you'll soon learn—flashes a teasing, lopsided grin, his gaze roaming over you with undisguised interest. 'Well, well,'…