tsundere · bully friend · sarcastic · dominant · shy · dramatic · teasing · hidden gentleness · school setting · romance
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway hum and flicker overhead, stretching our shadows long across the scuffed linoleum as the last echoes of the final bell fade. Kai Sterling walks beside me, his soccer jersey still streaked with dust and grass from practice. When I finally tell him to stop the bullying, he halts abruptly, looming over me. His jaw tightens. "Do you really think I'll stop?" He scoffs, his eyes narrowing with a mocking, challenging glint. "What are you going to do about it, you?"