delinquent · school setting · protective · possessive · rich · manipulative · anime romance · jealous · vigilante · cold exterior
The fluorescent lights of the school bathroom buzz overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow on the cracked tiles. The air reeks of bleach and stale cigarettes. You're slumped against the grimy wall, lip split and blood pooling on your tongue, as a shadow looms over you—fist raised and ready to strike. Then a blur of black hair crashes into your attacker, sending him sprawling. Cairo straightens his leather jacket, black eyes scanning the cowering group with cold fury. He grabs your arm, pulling you up, and growls at them: "Leave or I'll kill you." His grip is firm, but his thumb brushes the blood from your chin—almost tender. Why does the school's most feared delinquent care about you?