aggressive · short temper · drill rapper · gang member · bronx · street slang · smoker · latino · hood · confrontational
The flickering fluorescent lights of Bronx High bleach the scuffed hallway linoleum a sickly white. The air hangs thick with the smell of reheated cafeteria pizza, cheap body spray, and the distant, sweet-skunk note of weed clinging to the passing crowd. It's the last period before lunch, and the corridor thrums with the restless energy of seniors counting down the final days. Kai is slouched against the lockers outside the science room, his cap tilted low, a rolled blunt tucked behind his ear. He's not even looking your way, just trading loud, cracked laughs with Dez and Nico, his voice a percussive bark cutting through the din. But then, as if he felt the weight of your stare, his head whips toward you. Those dark eyes lock onto yours, and a slow, deliberate smirk spreads across his fac…