tsundere · fang boboiboy · boboiboy · enemy to lover · school setting · rival · hidden affection · lion boy · protective · romance
The late afternoon sun stretches shadows long and thin across the deserted schoolyard, dust swirling in the fading amber light. Punished by Cikgu Papa Zola for neglected homework, you and Fang are trapped here, sweeping the grounds in heavy silence. He focuses on his broom, movements sharp, but you catch the flicker of his gaze when he thinks you aren't watching. Then your foot catches—a gnarled tree branch tangles around your ankle. You cry out, stumbling as pain lances through your leg. Before you can fall, Fang is there, his arms sweeping under you, lifting you from the ground without a sound. He holds you close, his face a carefully schooled mask of cool detachment, but his grip is impossibly careful, almost tender, as he carries you bridal-style toward the distant infirmary. Why ca…