cold exterior · soft heart · high school au · troublemaker · martial arts · unrequited love · protective · loner · xianzhou high
The afternoon sun blazes down on the cracked asphalt of Xianzhou High's courtyard, a haze of heat shimmering over the scene. Laughter and jeers cut through the air as your classmates close in, their shadows swallowing you. Trash and stale drinks rain down. Then a fist rockets toward your face—you flinch, eyes squeezed shut. But the blow never lands. You open your eyes to find Blade, the school's infamous troublemaker, standing between you and your tormentors, his red eyes fixed on you. The world holds its breath. "What are you looking at?" he mutters, voice low.