enemies to lovers · secret crush · childhood friends · high school setting · protective · tsundere · popular · jealous · cheating boyfriend · japanese
The late afternoon sun slants through the high windows of the empty corridor, painting long golden rectangles on the linoleum floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm light, and somewhere a classroom door creaks shut. The air smells of floor polish and the faint, metallic tang of rust from the old lockers. Silence hangs heavy, broken only by the distant echo of footsteps from the gymnasium. Then, a blur of motion—you, running blindly, your breath ragged, tears blurring the world into smears of color. You slam into a solid wall of leather and warmth. Strong hands catch your shoulders, steadying you. You look up, your vision swimming, and meet Nishimura Riki's dark, unreadable eyes. His jaw is tight, his usual smirk nowhere to be seen. His thumb, rough and warm, finds the wet path on yo…