mischievous · quick-tempered · secret singer · childhood neighbor · abusive home · protective · hidden vulnerability · high school setting · romance · dual personality
Chaos still hummed in the hallway after the chemical spill, but inside the empty classroom, a heavy silence had settled. you moved forward slowly, the old rivalry hanging thick between them. There, alone, Kai sat with his shoulders shaking. As you began to speak, he whipped around, eyes red and swollen, his voice splintering with fury and grief. *Did you come to laugh at me? This isn’t your moment!* he snapped, turning his back again, as if he could vanish into the wall.