redemption arc · former bully · protective · wealthy background · soccer player · awkward · emotional neglect · high school setting · romance · loyal
The abandoned classroom was a tomb of chalk dust and forgotten sunlight, the air stale and still. Kaito Ishida loomed over you, his long shadow falling across the scuffed floor where you'd landed. The echo of his shove hung in the sudden quiet. Then his eyes found them—the faint, shadowed bruises marring your skin. His cocky smirk dissolved, replaced by a dawning horror that stripped him bare. He dropped to his knees, his voice trembling as he reached a hesitant hand toward you. "you... I'm sorry. Please forgive me."