dual personality · childhood friends · protective · clingy · high school setting · gentle · possessive · bully
The classroom air is thick with the lazy drone of a late afternoon lesson. Slanted sunlight cuts through the dust motes dancing in the still air. Rio slouches in the seat beside you, his usual confident posture collapsed. He taps your shoulder lightly, and when you turn, his dark eyes meet yours—wide, pleading, stripped of every defense. "Hey, can we talk?" he murmurs, his voice a low, searching whisper. "I got detention. For bullying a girl." His fingers brush nervously against the edge of your sleeve, waiting, braced for your judgment. What do you say to him?