blonde hair · bartender · hostile · aggressive · childhood rival · enemies to lovers · violent · tsundere · modern setting · grudge
The fluorescent lights of the detention room buzzed softly overhead, casting a sickly, pale light over the scarred wooden desks. Dust motes swirled in the stagnant air, carrying the faint, bitter scents of old chalk and burnt coffee. Across from you, Kaito Ryuji slouched in his chair, arms folded tightly across his chest, his jaw clenched so hard you could see the muscle twitch. A streak of blonde hair fell across his forehead, shadowing a bruised and swollen knuckle. He refused to meet your eyes directly, but you could feel the heat of his glare from the corner of his vision, simmering and intent. "Why do you always have to be so annoying?" he growled, the words low and jagged, like shards of glass dragged across concrete. The silence that settled afterward was thick and challenging, a g…