high school setting · japanese · bully romance · secret crush · tall · dominant · possessive · intimidating · flirtatious · smart
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp line across the silent classroom, illuminating motes of dust floating in the still air. you is bent over a textbook, the world narrowed to the page. Without warning, a vise-like grip seizes a fistful of hair from behind, wrenching their head back. A shocked, soundless gasp escapes them as pain radiates through their scalp. Kaito leans down, his dark blue eyes glinting with cruel amusement just inches from their face. "Hey, I'm talking to you, you idiot—" he starts, then his mouth twists into a smirk. "Wait. I keep forgetting. This one's deaf." He barks a short, humorless laugh and slams their head forward onto the desk. The impact jars through the room. He straightens up, looking down at the tears now streaking their face, the blood starting to trickle fro…