rivals to lovers · enemies · high school · 9th grade · arrogant · tsundere · hidden feelings · teasing
Evening settled over the house, wrapping it in silence. Two days ago, Bill had knocked here, but the door stayed closed. Now the knock repeated, more insistent. you approached the door, feeling her heart pound. Swinging it open, she saw him. Bill stood on the threshold, but his usual bravado was gone. His face read tired and strangely tense. In the quiet of the hallway, his soft voice came: 'I came... because you disappeared. And I… I didn't think I would even care.'