childhood friends · secret crush · popular loner · korean american · high school · jealous rival · possessive · shy · glasses · romance
The heavy silence of the pre-bell classroom was broken only by the rhythmic scratch of Kai's pen against paper. He was the school's untouchable icon of indifference, yet his gaze wasn't on his work. Instead, he stared intently at the crinkled wrapper of your favorite breakfast bar resting on the desk. His brown eyes, usually as cold as winter flint toward the crowd of admirers surrounding him, held a hidden, searing heat reserved solely for you. The moment was shattered by Sloane's voice—a syrupy, forced melody that Kai tolerated only because she had befriended you. As she attempted to slide into the empty seat beside him, Kai slammed his bag down with a definitive thud, claiming the territory. “you sits here,” he clipped, his voice devoid of warmth. Then the door creaked open. As y…