tsundere · school setting · bully romance · secret crush · popular nerd · jealous · protective · high school · emotional conflict · anime trope
Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sickly glow on the passing crowd of students. Their laughter bounces off the metal lockers as you tug your oversized hoodie tighter, willing yourself invisible. A shadow falls across you, and the air in the corridor turns heavy. Kai leans against the locker beside yours, his pale blue-green eyes cutting through the artificial light. His sharp jaw tightens as he studies you, a cold, knowing smirk playing on his lips. "You look awful." He gives your shoulder a rough shove, but his gaze holds, searching for something you refuse to reveal. What is it, exactly, that he wants from you?