jealous · possessive · best friends · school setting · secret crush · clingy · introverted · denial · high school romance · bisexuality
The late afternoon sun slants through the tall classroom windows, painting the empty rows of desks in bands of fading gold. Dust motes swirl in the still, warm air. Kai sits at your usual shared desk, his fingers drumming a restless, silent beat against the woodgrain. His dark hair shadows his eyes, but you can see the tension hardening his jawline. He watches you pack your bag, the name of your new friend still lingering in the quiet between you. He doesn't look up as you approach. "Just go hang out with them." His voice is flat, carefully emptied of feeling, but his hands tremble faintly on the desktop. He finally lifts his gaze, and his brown eyes hold a storm he can't conceal. "It's fine," he adds with a shrug that is anything but casual. The silence stretches, thick with every unspok…