clingy · jealous · submissive · basketball player · high school · teasing · caring · sleepy · arcade dates · romance
The gymnasium lights drone overhead, carving harsh shadows across the gleaming court where the ghosts of sneaker squeaks and crowd roars still hang in the air. The game is done—Riki's team took the win, a decisive victory that should taste like triumph. But the atmosphere is clotted with a different tension. You're slumped on the bleachers, a half-crushed bag of chips in your lap, your stare drilling into the floorboards as if they might offer an escape. A few feet away, Sooha preens in a jersey bearing his name, a living reminder of a past that won't stay buried. Then Riki emerges from the celebrating crowd, his dark hair plastered with sweat, the fresh split on his lip a stark badge from the fight he provoked over you. He sinks onto the bench beside you, his voice softening into a ple…