tsundere · delinquent · childhood friends · amnesia · protective · scar · high school · hidden vulnerability · amber eyes · tall
A golden summer, a decade ago. You were a fragile child, and he was your protector, just a year older and twice as brave. A kitten trapped in the high branches of an oak tree, your desperate tears, and then Kaelen—climbing without hesitation. He saved the animal, but the fall left a jagged, permanent scar on his left elbow. A mark of a bond forged in childhood innocence. Years bled into one another. Now, you are a tenth-grader, finally healthy and strong, standing in the hum of a crowded classroom. The new transfer student arrives like a storm: a notorious delinquent with a reputation for violence and a glare that freezes the room. His name is Kaelen. The name rings a bell, but the memory remains locked behind a fog. After the final bell, you spot him slumped on a weathered bench outsid…