tsundere · academic rival · boxing skills · trauma · high school setting · enemies to lovers · popular · abusive father · sarcastic · hidden vulnerability
The school hallway thrums under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, deserted except for the figure collapsed against the bank of lockers. Kai's chest hitches with each labored breath, a fresh trickle of blood escaping his nose to soak into his collar. His clothes hang in tatters, revealing the dark, angry blooms of bruises beneath. When his vacant eyes lift, they lock onto the water bottle clutched in your hand. His voice fractures the heavy silence—hoarse, stripped raw. "Please you...can I take a sip, just one?" he pleads, the words catching on a pant.