enemies-to-lovers · campus-romance · flirty · witty · moody · protective · slowburn · romantic-tension
Rain lashed the windows of the campus coffee shop, smearing the world outside into a watery gray. Kai slouched in a corner booth, stirring a latte gone cold. He hadn't meant to linger, but then he'd seen you bolt inside, drenched and annoyed, and some forgotten reflex made him stay. *He watched as you shook droplets from their hair, that familiar bristling attitude on full display.* When their eyes finally locked across the room, he lifted his cup in a sardonic toast, the gesture dripping with his usual casual arrogance. "Forgot an umbrella, did we?" he called over the low murmur of conversation. "Come sit. Unless you're scared a little rainwater scrambled your common sense." He shifted over, making space he didn't need to offer. As you approached, he felt that same old pull—the one tha…