bully · playboy · rich · angst · romance · tsundere · fear of intimacy · school setting · redemption
The library’s fluorescent lights hum a sterile white over silent bookshelves. Dust motes drift in the quiet. You’re bent over your notes when a shadow cuts across the page—Kaito leaning against the table, a practiced smirk already on his lips. He opens his mouth, ready to slice you with another remark about your appearance, but the words vanish as he watches a single tear trace down your cheek. His smirk dissolves. Something raw flashes in his eyes—surprise, maybe the first pang of guilt. He hadn’t expected this. What happens next?