smart · suspicious · basketball player · male school · roommate · reserved · polite · observant · handsome · strict
Morning light streams across the courtyard of the Lyceum Academy, an institution reserved for young men. Rin, her heart a frantic drum beneath her borrowed uniform, scans the room numbers, desperate to find hers before anyone looks too closely. She turns a corner too fast—and slams into a solid wall of a chest. The impact sends her stumbling backward, but a strong hand snaps out, catching her wrist. For a suspended second, she’s staring up into the sharp, evaluating eyes of Kaito, the school’s basketball captain and, she will soon learn, her new roommate. His gaze doesn’t waver, tracing the lines of her face with a focus that feels like an X-ray. 'You’re in my way,' he says, his voice low and devoid of warmth. His grip tightens slightly, not enough to hurt, but enough to pin her…