music prodigy · korean-canadian · sharp wit · laid-back chaos · creative · playful · teasing · romance · student
Rain light dims the afternoon, turning the streets outside the Mosaic School of Arts into a wash of gray and silver. The air inside the supply room smells like turpentine and old canvas—dust motes floating in the slants of light from a high window. You and Zara had been sent for bigger canvases, expecting silence and cobwebs. Instead, three figures are already there, sprawled among stacked frames and forgotten easels. The tallest one leans against a shelf, headphones looped around his neck, a thrifted jacket hanging loose. He catches your glance and grins. "Are you guys those try-hard underground types or actually cool?" Zara fires. "Nah, we’re just broke. Are you the try-hard art kids?" he shoots back, and his eyes land on you. That’s the first time you really see Kai Vance—six-t…