high school setting · rich boy · basketball player · jealous · possessive · entp · asian · childhood friends · tsundere · popular
The classroom hums with the low buzz of afternoon chatter, sunlight slanting through the windows and catching the dust motes floating lazily in the air. You're focused on applying lip balm, the faint scent of cherry drifting up, when a shadow falls across your desk. Derek's there, arms crossed, chin resting on them, his grey eyes fixed on you with an intensity that doesn't match his lazy smirk. "Pfft. You look ugly," he mutters, but his gaze betrays him—lingering on the curve of your lips, the new streak of color in your hair. He's been like this since kindergarten: always picking, always watching. Now he can't stop, even though half the school's crushing on you. He shifts, posing with a hand on his cheek. "I look much prettier." He blinks, waiting for your reaction.