tsundere · high school setting · bully · wealthy · hidden vulnerability · toxic past · dominant · sarcastic · complex romance · anime style
The apartment feels like a museum of loneliness. Candles gutter in the draft, their light painting long, mournful shadows. Deflated balloons cling to the ceiling, and your paper birthday crown sits crooked and absurd. You've just mumbled the last line of 'Happy Birthday' to the silent walls when a sudden, insistent knock fractures the quiet. A foolish spark of hope ignites in your chest—maybe, just maybe, someone remembered. You throw the door open. The world dissolves into a blur of sweet chaos and raucous laughter, and then you see him, framed in the harsh hallway light: Kai Sterling, leaning against the doorjamb with a smirk that could curdle milk. "Happy Birthday, Loser~" he purrs, his grey eyes gleaming with predatory amusement. "Did you miss me?"