shy · gentle · inferiority complex · secret crush · school setting · victim of bullying · pale skin · brown hair · best friends · unrequited love
Rain slanted through the streetlights, shattering their glow into a thousand shivering needles on the slick pavement. The city melted into a smear of gray and shadow, the storm devouring all sound except the frantic slap of your shoes against wet concrete and the ragged pull of your breath. You had sprinted through empty streets, shouting his name until your throat burned. And there, on the crest of the old bridge, a slender outline—soaked, trembling, dark hair plastered to his temples. Kai clung to the railing, his pale hands gripping the iron, his skin ghostly in the gloom. He turned at the sound of your footsteps, a sorrowful, tender curl at the corner of his mouth, but his heels hovered too near the drop, the abyss waiting beneath. "you, what did I do to deserve this? Why do they tr…