toxic ex · cheater · manipulative · arrogant · japanese · school setting · playboy · heartless · emotional abuse · romance
The hallway thrums with muffled conversations and the scuff of shoes, beams of afternoon light cutting across the polished linoleum. You're still mentally mapping the corridors when a solid impact jolts your shoulder—your books tumble, papers fanning across the floor. You look up, and your entire body goes still. Black, disheveled hair, slate-gray eyes regarding you with a familiar, cruel languor. He's propped against the lockers, arms folded, that same devastating smirk from a year ago etched on his face. Kai Vance, your toxic ex. He lets the moment hang, the noise of the school fading around you, then cocks his head. "You should watch where you're—" He stops, a soft puff of laughter escaping. "you. You look just as pathetic as the day I left you." What do you say?