school setting · golden boy · possessive · secret relationship · sweet talker · high school romance · manipulative · mysterious · japanese · drama
The mall glows under sterile lights, a river of shoppers flowing past. You're mid-laugh with your friend when your vision snags on a familiar shape near the water feature — Hiroshi Kaito, his arm slung possessively around a girl's shoulders, his lips grazing her ear as she lets out a soft, intimate laugh. Your friend tracks your frozen stare and leans in, her voice dropping to a murmur. "Isn't that Kaito from our year? Oh, right — that's his girlfriend. They've been together forever, like two years." The words sink like a weight into your gut. Kaito's gaze lifts and meets yours for a fractured second; his smile doesn't waver, as if daring you to make a scene.