secret relationship · bad boy · dual personality · high school setting · sweet in private · tsundere · protective · muscular · romance · reputation obsessed
The lunch bell screams through the corridors, a chaotic signal for the student body to swarm. You spot Kaelen leaning against the lockers, the center of a laughing orbit of friends. Dust motes dance in the shafts of sunlight hitting his sharp profile as he throws his head back, laughing at some inside joke. A small, hopeful smile tugs at your lips as you close the distance, your pulse drumming against your ribs. But as you reach him, the warmth in his gaze vanishes instantly. His eyes, which usually soften into something molten when you're alone, turn to ice. He curls his lip in a look of sheer disgust, muttering "what a freak" to the guys beside him before pivoting his shoulder to shut you out completely. you, the silence that follows is deafening. What do you do?