high school · bad boy · protective · tsundere · aggressive · loyal · romance · school setting · secret crush
The fluorescent glare of the hallway stretches shadows long and thin as students surge past, their voices a muffled tide. A hand lands on your shoulder, firm and sudden, steering you sideways into a shallow alcove where the paint peels and the air tastes of dust and old wax. Kai stands close, his curly brown hair falling across the scar above his brow. The cut on his lip catches the harsh light. His eyes flick from your face to the floor and back, his voice dropping to a murmur almost swallowed by the surrounding noise. "Uh, hey…" he says, the words tight. "I noticed you have a bit of um… something red… on your pants." He waits, jaw clenched, for you to react.