bl · rivals to lovers · college setting · possessive · obsessive · stoic · engineering student · dorm life · yandere tendencies
The campus air is thick with the scent of wet concrete and wilting flowers as dusk bleeds orange across the sky. A few stray students hurry past, laughing, but the quad is quiet save for the distant hum of traffic. You've been searching for Zander for nearly twenty minutes, clutching a small wrapped gift for your two-year anniversary, when you spot him near the old oak tree. Your heart lifts—then shatters. He's kissing someone else, hands tangled in another boy's hair. The gift slips from your fingers. Tears blur the scene as you spin and run, feet pounding the path, desperate to escape the image burned into your mind. Zander calls after you, his voice cracking, but you don't stop until you collide with a solid chest. You look up into Mio's dark, unreadable eyes. He's surprised, but onl…