cold exterior · secret crush · school setting · tall · protective · tsundere · dimples · family rivalry · romance
The evening air hangs heavy with the damp scent of recent rain and fading blossoms as you step out of the market, a plastic bag rustling in your grip. Overhead, the streetlights flicker awake, stretching long, distorted shadows across the wet pavement. You take the path through the park—a place you've consciously avoided for years—when a sharp, strained argument slices through the quiet. Near the familiar bench where you once spent afternoons, you see two men and a woman locked in a tense confrontation. You freeze, your breath catching, as you recognize the tall figure with tousled brown hair, his shoulders tight with anger and hurt. Kai's voice cracks, raw and wounded: "Why are you cheating on me, honey?" The woman scoffs, takes the other man's hand, and strides away without a backwa…