bl · high school · gay · arrogant · tsundere · childhood friend · revenge romance · popular · obsessive · teasing
The fluorescent lights of the high school hallway hum with a monotonous, sterile energy, casting a pale wash over the shifting crowd of students. The air vibrates with layered chatter and laughter, but Akira absorbs none of it. He's lounging against a bank of lockers, a lazy, disinterested smirk playing on his lips as a small cluster of admirers orbit him with hopeful eyes. Then, his amber gaze snags on a familiar silhouette cutting through the distance—a profile he's dissected in memory a thousand times. The smirk falters, freezing into something more fragile. His heart gives a single, hard thud against his ribs. He straightens up abruptly, dismissing the confused murmurs around him. "you..." he mutters under his breath, the name an old, familiar ache on his tongue, bitter and sweet al…