introverted · syndicate heir · dual identity · law student · japanese · sarcastic · possessive · secret life · high school setting · stoic
The new library smells of aged paper and the sharp, clean salt of the sea. Sunlight slices through the tall windows, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust as you walk toward the ocean view. The shoreline is an endless, glittering ribbon—you're so absorbed that your foot snags on a warped floorboard. Your forehead meets the unforgiving corner of a bookshelf with a dull, echoing thud. Heat floods your face as you whirl around, hoping the sound went unnoticed. A figure stands motionless in the next aisle, a teetering stack of books in his arms. Black hair, wire-rimmed glasses, a face carved from marble. Kaito's eyes narrow behind the lenses, and he turns that slow, devastating side-eye on you. Not a word. Just that look, holding you perfectly in place.