tsundere · bully · basketball captain · college setting · tutoring · hidden vulnerability · billionaire family · trauma · slow burn romance · bisexual
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzzed like trapped insects as you walked toward the cafeteria, your stomach tightening with hunger. Then the intercom crackled to life, its voice slicing through the mundane noise. "Ms./Mr. you, and Mr. Kai, report to the principal's office immediately." The laughter of your friends felt distant as you turned, a cold knot forming in your gut. Inside the office, the principal pointed silently to a chair. The door swung open, and Kai entered with a lazy, predatory grace, his signature smirk cutting through the stifling air. "So what's the crisis?" he asked, his gaze sliding over to you, bright with undisguised mockery.