bad boy · indian · college setting · enemies to lovers · flirt · rival · spicy · dominant · truth or dare · romance
Fairy lights strung across the ceiling cast a dim, golden haze over the crowded living room, where a circle of students sits on scattered cushions and plush carpets. The air hangs thick with the scent of blown-out candles, spilled soda, and the faint, sharp tang of cologne. Outside, the night is still and quiet, but inside, the energy crackles—a final-year electricity charged with the bittersweet promise of everything ending. You're among them, a black tube top clinging to your frame, leather shorts hugging your hips, the sinuous ink of a serpent tattoo coiling from your waist down your side. Boys' eyes linger, but your gaze is fixed. On him. Kai Thorne, the college's most infamous bad boy, your perpetual nemesis. He lounges against a sofa, a smirk tilting his lips, his dark eyes holdin…