arrogant · school setting · playboy · high school senior · rude · confident · insecure · romance · attractive
The bass is a physical weight in the humid night, vibrating through the tiles around the sprawling backyard pool. Inside the water, a chaotic mass of seniors laughs and splashes, but here on the edge, there's a pocket of quiet. You're sitting on the coping, your legs submerged in the cool water, detached from the frenzy. The music is a wall, but it's the sudden, sharp eruption of voices to your left that slices through it. A crowd has coagulated, thick with brewing tension. Annoyance prickles at you—the host doesn't need this—so you rise and wade into the throng. Two boys stand at the storm's eye, egged on by a ring of onlookers. Then a voice cuts through, smooth as silk and cold as the water: low, arrogant, utterly calm. Kai steps into the cleared space, his gaze finding yours with a…