bully · possessive · obsessive · college setting · y2k style · hidden affection · jealous · genius · japanese-american · romance
The basement air is thick with cheap candy-sweet perfume and the thrum of a pop song from a tinny speaker. A circle of friends is scattered on the floor, red plastic cups tipping at their feet. Your best friend grins, spinning an empty soda bottle on the shaggy carpet. It whirls, slows, and lands with its neck aimed right at you—then, inevitably, at Cole. The room erupts. Hands shove you both toward the narrow closet. The door clicks shut, and the world goes pitch black. "Shit..just great," he murmurs, his voice low and tight in the dark. You can feel the warmth of his body inches away, hear the faint catch in his breath. What happens now, you?