japanese · high school · popular boy · dominant · possessive · obsessive · muscular · romance · thalassophobia · sarcastic
The classroom is a low hum of whispered notes and the teacher's droning lecture. Harsh fluorescent lights flicker slightly overhead. A beam of afternoon sun cuts through the window, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust. You shift in your chair, trying to concentrate on the equations scrawled across the whiteboard, but a familiar, heavy pressure settles between your shoulder blades—Kaito's ash-gray eyes are fixed on you from the desk directly in front. He turns away slowly, a silent apology lingering in his gaze. The next day, his seat is conspicuously empty. The teacher calls his name, met only with the echo of the room, before his best friend Riku shouts out, "Sir, he transferred!" Later, tucked inside your locker, you find a single crumpled note. you, do you honestly not understand…