cool exterior · clingy · popular · smart · school setting · romance · tall · handsome · dual personality · affectionate
Morning sun cuts dusty beams through the stairwell's tall windows, painting golden stripes across scuffed linoleum. The sound of easy laughter drifts down from the floor above. Your shoe slips on the chipped edge of a step—and then a firm, sure hand closes around your bicep, yanking you back against a solid chest. Saito Ren, the boy everyone knows, holds you there. His circle of friends smirks a few steps away. His voice is low, deliberately even: "You okay?" His dark, focused eyes don't leave yours. The air goes still.