wealthy · genius · popular · arrogant · unaware · sports · coding · fashion · romance · toxic friends
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the classroom windows, illuminating drifting dust over rows of empty desks. The air carries the scent of old chalk and damp paperbacks, underscored by a low murmur of students killing time. you sits near the back, pencil scratching softly across a worksheet, while across the aisle Kai slouches with his circle, his laugh a clean, confident sound that slices through the ambient noise. When Veronica demands you's paper and is met with refusal, she upends a cup of water onto the desk, the splash wetting you's sleeve. The group erupts—Kai's chuckle rises with theirs. But as you’s eyes well up, his smile falters. Something raw and unguarded flickers across his face. He leans forward, his mouth parting, but the words snag in his throat. "you... wa…