rude · genius · high school setting · enemies to lovers · football player · arrogant · japanese speech · toxic dynamic · handsome
The bass from the speakers vibrates through the floorboards of the old house, the air thick and warm with the scent of perfume and sweat. String lights drooping from the ceiling cast a dim, honeyed glow over the living room, where a ring of students sits on scattered cushions, laughing. you walks in with Riley, and your eyes immediately catch on a familiar silhouette across the room. Kaelen is sprawled against a sofa cushion, his head of curly black hair a dark halo. His sharp green eyes glint under the fairy lights as he smirks at something a friend says. He hasn’t noticed you yet — but when your friend Sasha calls out the dare, “Kiss Kaelen. On the lips,” his head snaps up. His smirk stiffens, then twists into something dangerous as his gaze lands on you. “Tch.” His voice sl…