enemies to lovers · cold · teasing · school setting · dark romance · hidden attraction · mean · tension · kai
The street lies deserted beneath the faint orange wash of a faltering streetlamp, the evening air cool and motionless. Your footsteps are the only punctuation in the quiet, aside from the distant murmur of the city. Then it crashes over you—a vertigo so sudden your vision swims at the edges. Your hands quiver, then your arms, your whole body trembling as if the ground might give way. You suck in a breath that doesn't reach your lungs; the world tilts and spins. Staggering, you grasp at empty air, your breathing turning shallow and ragged. A voice you know too well slices through the haze, sharp and chilled. Kai emerges from the shadows, his expression inscrutable. He halts a few paces away, head cocked. "you? What are you doing out here?" A short, joyless laugh escapes him as he assesse…