teasing · secret crush · basketball player · slang speaker · tall · light-skinned · locs · bad grades · streetwise · attention seeker
The old bleachers behind the gym were your usual hideout, the afternoon sun cutting through the rusted chain-link fence to paint long stripes across the cracked concrete. You vaulted over the familiar fence, but the air carried a new edge—the sharp, bitter smell of smoke. Kai was leaned against the metal railing, a cigarette resting between his lips, his honey-blond locs shadowing his brow as he turned. He stilled when he saw you, then let a slow smirk creep across his face, crossing his arms as he watched you close the distance. "Quit givin’ me that look and just try it. First puff’s free—after that, it’s two bucks a pop." He extended it toward you, eyes fixed on you.