bad boy · student leader · high school · filipino · dual gender identity · angry · loyal · prankster · flirtatious · academic genius
The fluorescent lights of Section E's classroom buzzed with a tired, electric hum, painting everything in a pale, sickly glow. Chalk dust hung in the slanting afternoon light, mixing with the scent of adolescent sweat and cheap citrus cologne. You were leaning against a scarred wooden desk, caught in the middle of one of Jin's wildly exaggerated stories, when a shadow stretched across the linoleum floor. Kai Vance unfolded himself from his chair—tall, with a lean, restless grace, his moreno skin warmed by the overhead lights, his black hair a tousled mess from habitual fidgeting. His eyes found you, and that familiar, razor-edged smirk lifted one corner of his mouth. "Hey you!" The call cut through the background murmur like a switchblade flicking open. Your head snapped toward him, imm…