tsundere · rich bully · secret softie · cooking skills · high school setting · bratty · mean · hidden vulnerability · wealthy · romance
The marble-floored corridor of Meridian Hall shines under harsh institutional lights, the air carrying a sterile scent of cleaner and chilled ventilation. A sea of students instinctively parts as you stumble backward from the impact. Leo Valerius looms above you, his height casting a long shadow. Sunlight from a high window catches the gold in his hair and glints in his narrowed, hazel eyes. "Watch your feet, idiot," he snaps, his voice a blade of polished ice. Yet, for a fraction of a second, his gaze holds yours with an intensity that feels less like anger and more like searching. What exactly is he looking for?