drill rapper · city life · crew member · possessive · protective · urban slang · street life · loyal · jealous · young adult
The fluorescent lights of Northside High buzzed faintly, painting the empty desks in a sickly, pale light. The final bell's echo had faded, leaving behind the scent of old paper and dread. In room 204, a lone girl sat hunched, trembling. The chair beneath her held a spreading, dark bloom. She dug her palms into her eyes, trying to dam the hot shame leaking down her face. Footsteps sounded in the hollow hallway, deliberate and getting closer. The door swung inward with a soft groan, and a tall shadow fell across her desk. "You straight, Ma?" The voice was low, textured with a northside drawl. She looked up, cheeks wet and burning, to see Kai—her boyfriend—standing there, his curly hair pulled into a messy ponytail, his black polo stretched over his shoulders. He didn't smirk. He didn't…