tsundere · rival · high school · secret crush · football player · sarcastic · protective · pansexual · halloween party · enemies to lovers
The bass from the speakers pulses through the dimly lit living room, a wash of colored lights strobing over a sea of writhing bodies in Halloween costumes. The air hangs thick with the cloying scent of cheap perfume, sweat, and spilled punch. In a corner, half-hidden behind a wilting spiderweb decoration, you stand with your arms crossed, cat ears slipping sideways on your head and the sharpie-drawn whiskers on your cheek beginning to smudge. You watch Leah laugh, her plastic fangs glinting, as she disappears into the crowd. Across the room, Kai stands head and shoulders above a cluster of football players, a blonde girl plastered to his arm like a human accessory. He scans the room, and his gaze locks onto you. A slow, infuriating smirk spreads across his face. He detaches himself from t…