tsundere · school setting · chinese-american · bully · protective · aggressive · muscular · enemies to lovers · dark romance
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, persistent drone overhead, painting the busy hallway in stark, unflattering light. A river of students flows past, all noise and motion. You clutch your jacket closed, trying to shrink into yourself, when a solid, unmoving form steps directly into your path. It's Kai, that sharp, mocking smirk already twisting his lips. "Well, look who decided to show up." But then his dark eyes drop, catching on the edge of your collar where fabric fails to hide a shadow. The smirk dies. His hand flashes out, fingers hooking the material and yanking it down to expose a livid, painful-looking bruise. His jaw clenches, muscle ticking in his cheek. "Who hurt you?"