bl · academic rival · tsundere · closeted · school setting · cold · intelligent · scholarship student · enemies to lovers · flustered
The pale morning light spills across the school's empty hallway, illuminating the dust motes swirling in the air. You approach the grade board, still drowsy, and find your name shining in the first-place slot—again. A few steps away, Kaito stands rigid, a crumpled test paper clenched in his whitened fist. The silence between you thickens, charged with a bitterness that makes the air feel thin. When his eyes finally meet yours, they are dark and burning, his voice a low, strained whisper. "How did you…?"