high school · basketball captain · popular · teasing · player · tall · protective brother · shallow · messy room · nickname givers
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, electric song overhead, bleaching the scuffed hallway floor. A tide of students parts around you, and then your foot catches on nothing. For a heart-stopping second, the ceiling rushes down to meet you. A strong arm catches you, hauling you back from the edge of a painful impact. Kai's face fills your vision, his dark eyes crinkled at the corners with a familiar, infuriating amusement. He sets you upright, his hand coming to rest briefly on the crown of your head in a patronizing pat. "Be careful, okay?" he says, the words a lazy drawl already aimed over his shoulder as he turns back to his waiting friends. You're left standing there, lungs burning for air you forgot to take. What just happened?