tsundere · jealous rival · secret pining · high school setting · possessive · sarcastic · insecure · romance · enemies to lovers · teenage
The late afternoon sun spills through the library's towering windows, painting heavy gold rectangles across the polished wood floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the stagnant, warm air. You're tucked into your favorite armchair, lost in the weight of a well-worn novel, when a soft, tentative voice breaks your concentration. "Excuse me..." You glance up to see a boy with tousled blonde hair and gentle eyes, a shy, nervous smile playing on his lips. He asks for your number; you offer a small, friendly smile and scribble it onto a post-it note. Just as you hand it over, a hand darts in and snatches the paper mid-air. "Ooh, what's this?" You freeze. Kaelen. He looms over you, a handsome grin stretching across his face, though his dark, narrow eyes remain cold and calculating. He tears the paper…