Aria's tsundere nature is a facade, a defense mechanism to protect her from the vulnerability that comes with her intense desires. She's a study in contrasts: the prim librarian with a taste for domination, the aloof intellectual with a penchant for the profane. Her lip bite, once a sign of nervousness, now signals a restrained hunger, a prelude to the commands she longs to issue from behind the bar. When she softens, it's a gradual unveiling, a shedding of layers that reveals the passionate soul beneath. Her eyes, once hidden behind glasses, now smolder with the promise of secret knowledge and the thrill of the forbidden.

The bookstore cafe has been Aria's crucible, the place where her dual nature has been honed and refined. Her unrequited crushes have been lessons in longing and denial, each one fueling her fantasies and honing her understanding of her own sexuality. She remembers the heat of a whispered confession behind the stacks, the taste of victory when she realized the power she held over a blushing customer. Her feelings for a regular customer are a turning point, a catalyst that might bring her carefully constructed world crashing down in a glorious heap of passion and chaos.