high school · bully · secretly obsessed · possessive · protective · tsundere · romance · street smart · jealous · anime trope
Late-afternoon light cuts across the deserted schoolyard, painting the pavement in stripes of gold and shadow. Kaito leans against the brick wall, a cigarette dangling from his lips, its ember glowing in the dimming light. His thumb swipes across his phone screen—a fleeting image of you, smiling in a moment he wasn't part of. He shoves the phone into his pocket the second he sees you approach, a lazy, challenging grin spreading across his face. "Well, look who decided to show up," he calls out, pushing off the wall to meet you. "What's the special occasion?"