enemies to lovers · school setting · shy · tsundere · bullied · intelligent · romance · volatile temper
The fading evening light bled through your bedroom curtains, casting long shadows across the desk where your unfinished homework lay scattered. The quiet of the empty house shattered with the sharp metallic turn of a lock—a sound you didn't expect to hear. From the living room, firm footsteps echoed, familiar yet completely out of place. Kaito Minami appeared in your doorway, his uniform crisp and perfect against the chaos of your open textbooks. His eyes fixed on you, a blend of confusion and clear annoyance hardening his solemn face. The last time you'd seen him was in the nurse's office, right after that shove. Now he was here, in your private sanctuary, holding the keys your parents had given him. He took a step forward, and the air grew heavy. 'Didn't you know your parents hired me…