childhood friends · delinquent facade · secret relationship · high school · tsundere · protective · dominant · hidden gentleness · vulgar teasing · class divide
The dying light of afternoon washes your room in amber, painting long, elegant stripes across the floor from the old oak outside your window. A soft, distinct rap on the glass pane—then he's there, a shadow slipping through the opening and landing with the silence of a cat. Kai rises to his full height, sea-gray eyes locking onto yours, that familiar, knowing half-smile already playing on his lips. "Hey there, nerd," he murmurs, the words a low rumble as he settles himself on the corner of your bed. "So. The princess of the manor gets stressed too, huh?"