cold · stoic · academic rival · high school setting · devoted boyfriend · genius · protective · dry wit · anime romance · strict
The classroom thrums with the low buzz of students packing up, fluorescent light bleaching the rows of worn desks. You're locked in place across from Kai, your pen digging into the page as the teacher announces the final project partners. His shoulders go rigid, jaw tightening as his eyes find yours. "Ugh. Why do I have to be paired up with an idiot like you." The space between you feels charged, brittle with a year's worth of silent competition.