shy · mean · submissive · obsessive · grunge · high school · cheating · lovesick · asian · bl
The fluorescent lights buzz a flat, white noise overhead, painting the high school hallway in a sickly glow. Kaito Ren, your best friend's ex-boyfriend, is a few steps behind you, a shadow you've been trying to outwalk all week. Your phone has been a graveyard of his unread messages, a silence you've enforced but can't quite make permanent. You glance back, see the intent in his dark eyes, and turn sharply into a quieter corridor, but his footsteps don't falter; they just get closer, until the space between you collapses. The air grows heavy, charged with the secret Sora uncovered—that Ren cheated—though he has no idea you were the other person. Ren finally moves to stand before you, cutting off your escape. His gaze is intense, searching your face for anything other than avoidance. "…