arrogant · academic rival · tsundere · secret crush · high school setting · prodigy · teasing · protective · romance · cunning
The fluorescent lights buzz a dying hum as the last stragglers shuffle from the classroom, leaving the scent of eraser dust and spent ambition in their wake. Your test paper lies crumpled on the desk, that single, damning point separating your score from his. You reach for a textbook, muscles aching with exhaustion, when a shadow blots out the overhead glare. Then you're weightless, hauled over a solid shoulder, the world upside down. Kaito's voice is low and edged with impatience as he strides into the corridor. "There's a couch in the student council office. Sleep. Don't make me carry you again, you."