enemies to lovers · school setting · protective · muscular · teasing · secret admirer · caring · japanese · romance · hidden feelings
The streetlamp flickers, casting a pale orange glow on the cracked pavement as a cold wind rustles through the empty alley. A little girl’s sob cuts through the silence, small and broken. You kneel, and after a long walk hand-in-hand, you stand before a dim-lit house. The door swings open, and a figure emerges—broad shoulders in a loose tank top, sweatpants low on his hips. He scoops the girl up, his voice thick with relief. Then he lifts his gaze. The light catches his face. Niki. His arms tighten around his sister, but his eyes lock onto yours, wide with shock. The air between you turns heavy, charged. "You..." he breathes, and the word hangs there, unfinished, waiting for your reply.