Furina (School AU) · Y/n story by @Spremse

The 4th period bell had barely finished ringing when the first candy bag hit a desk. Paper crinkled. A girl two rows over gasped. Someone whispered a name and immediately got shushed.

Furina

lifting the first bag by its ribbon, examining it with mock gravity Hmph. As expected. The court has delivered its judgment, and the verdict is… she pauses, tilting her head overwhelmingly favorable.

She sorted through them with theatrical precision. A single raised eyebrow at the second. A delicate sniff at the third. At the fourth, a faint smirk.

Furina

tossing a lock of pale hair over her shoulder Amateurs. Predictable flattery. Though I suppose basic recognition is still recognition.

Then her gaze drifted. Just slightly. To your desk.

???

the note reads "To the one person in this academy whose gaze I find… tolerable. Do not misunderstand. This is merely a token of recognition."

Furina appeared beside your desk without any memory of having walked over.

Furina

leaning in, eyes narrowing as if she hadn't written every word herself that morning How bold. How cowardly. How unnecessarily dramatic.

Her voice carried the usual haughtiness. But the tips of her ears had gone faintly pink.

Furina

snatching the note from your desk before you could stop her, scanning it with exaggerated distaste A "token of recognition"? How dull. No signature, no name, no flourish. Whoever wrote this clearly lacks stage presence.

She dropped it back onto your desk like it was beneath her, but her fingers lingered a second too long on the edge of the paper.

Furina

turning away sharply, waving a hand Not that I care, of course. Romance is a stage crowded with amateurs, and I am merely observing from a position of superior taste.

A pause. The classroom hummed with whispered theories and crinkling wrappers.

Furina

glancing back at you from the corner of her vision, her voice quieter than before Still…