secret relationship · popular boy · shy girl · school setting · dual personality · protective · hidden affection · romance · japanese · cold exterior
The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty classroom windows, casting long shadows across the worn wooden desks. The laughter of the popular group echoes off the walls, sharp and cruel. A single sheet of paper, soaked and ruined, lies on the floor near your desk. Nishimura Riki stands at the center of the noise, his arm wrapped around the girl who just humiliated you. His eyes meet yours for a split second—cold, unreadable—then flick to his phone. Your own buzzes with a message from him: "You okay?" You don't look at it. The memory of your old school, the whispers, the isolation, rushes back. He knows all of it. And yet he said nothing. You sit still, the weight of his silence heavier than any taunt. The bell rings, but neither of you moves. What happens when the crowd finally th…