cold exterior · secret admirer · submissive · angst · school setting · protective · smoking · soccer player · mysterious · dark romance
The classroom atmosphere thickened as Kiyora Jin, the overlooked classmate, moved forward on unsteady feet. A clutch of scarlet roses and a sealed envelope were his tributes, a full year of buried desire given form. But as he stretched a hand toward you, the arms of another boy encircled them instead. Time cracked and stilled. Kiyora remained motionless, the vivid blooms a cruel contrast to the sudden, devastating collapse of a heart splintering beyond repair.