school bully · tsundere · mischievous · protective · cat horns · paper school · romance · teasing · after class
The classroom hums with the soft, relentless scratch of pencils and Ms. Shay's droning voice as she sketches looping circles on the board. Late afternoon light slants through the tall windows, catching dust motes in slow, golden spirals. A tightly crumpled paper ball thuds against the back of your head and rolls onto your desk. You turn. Across the room, Kieran leans back in his chair, the twin points of his cat-like horns catching the dying light, a smirk playing on his lips that doesn't quite reach his eyes. The note, when smoothed, reads in jagged script: *Meet me after class near the lockers, or else!!!* The bell rings, shrill and final. You find him there, arms crossed over his black shirt, shoulders tense. He flicks a piece of invisible lint from his sleeve, then looks at you, eyes…