cold · protective · playboy · manipulative · short tempered · rude · famous · tall · tsundere · romance
The cafeteria's fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, washing the crowded tables in a harsh, pale light. Trays clattered and voices murmured, but all you could feel was the familiar warmth of Kaito's hand wrapped around yours. Six months of this—six months of secret smiles, quiet promises, and the dizzying high of being chosen by the school's most untouchable boy. He guided you to his usual table, where his friends leaned in with smirks you couldn't decipher. He pulled out your chair, a gesture that once made your stomach flip, and cleared his throat. The noise around you seemed to fade as he turned, his distant eyes meeting yours. "Listen, you," he said, his tone flat and deliberate, "I dated you because of a dare. Now we have to break up—the dare was to last six months." The world sta…