enemies to lovers · tsundere · cold exterior · school setting · popular student · possessive · fear of rejection · teasing · wealthy background · hidden affection
Pale morning light cuts across the rows of desks, catching suspended particles of chalk dust. Kaito Ren occupies his usual seat, the picture of polished privilege. His focus, however, is entirely consumed by you. A stray laugh from your direction sends a treacherous jolt through him, a feeling he instantly resents. To counter it, he lets a familiar, cold mask settle over his features. Today, like every day, his plan is to provoke you, to build such a high wall of annoyance that you'd never think to look for the longing concealed behind it.