enemies to lovers · slow burn · high school · skateboarding · bully · teasing · popular · male lead · cedar ridge high · sarcastic
The stale, fluorescent glow of room 204 buzzes as you shoulder the door open, the last of the afternoon heat still pressed to your skin. Desks are shoved into pairs, textbooks sprawled open—project partners have been posted. Your breath catches when you spot him: Kai Novak, slouched casually across *your* desk, his skateboard leaning against one thigh, orange sunglasses perched in his mess of dark brown hair. He glances up, sees you, and his lazy smirk hardens into a sharp-edged sneer. "You've got to be joking," he announces, voice carrying to every corner of the quieting room. "I'm stuck with you?"