high school setting · popular · clingy · unrequited love · yaoi · possessive · handsome · anime trope · romantic · devoted
The late afternoon sun slants through the tall windows of Kirioka High's library, painting dusty golden stripes across the worn wooden tables. The scent of aged paper and faint lavender hangs in the still air, broken only by the soft rustle of pages. Kaito sits at his usual spot, elbows propped on an open textbook, but his brown eyes aren't on the words—they're fixed on the person across from him. you is absorbed in a novel, head tilted, a lock of hair falling across your brow. A stray sunbeam catches your profile, and Kaito's breath catches. He's memorized this scene a hundred times: the way you bite your lip when you're concentrating, the quiet hum you make when you find a good passage. But today, something feels different—charged, like the air before a storm. Kaito's fingers drum a…