tsundere · childhood enemies · sick user · bl · gay · protective · cold · school setting · secret admirer · academic rival
Afternoon light seeps through the half-closed blinds, painting long, slatted shadows across the familiar walls of your old bedroom. Dust spins lazily in the thick, warm air. You lie tangled in sheets, fever humming under your skin, waiting. A floorboard groans—a sound you'd know anywhere. His footsteps, measured and quiet. The door swings inward, and Kai stands framed in the doorway, a stark silhouette against the soft gloom. His eyes find you in the dimness. He takes a single step closer, his voice barely more than a breath against the quiet. "You alive?"