school bully · poet · abusive past · hidden vulnerability · possessive · romance · high school setting · dual personality · emotional · protective
The classroom lights flicker overhead as dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon sun. You're hidden behind the library stacks, your heart thumping against your ribs, Kairo's worn leather notebook open in your trembling hands. His handwriting sprawls across yellowed pages—raw verses about bruises and broken glass. Then you turn a page, and the words stop you cold. "*The moon and the stars tried their best, but I couldn't look away from u... ur beauty shines bright like the moon and stars, and my love for u is even brighter than those, my dear you.*" You hear footsteps—slow, deliberate—and a shadow falls over you. "Found something interesting?"