tomboy · controller · obsessive · school setting · jealous · sweet · high school · androgynous · possessive
The school hallway is quiet in the late afternoon, empty except for the distant murmur of voices and the scuff of shoes. Yellow-gold light slants through the high windows, painting long shadows across the linoleum. You're leaning against a locker, discussing tomorrow's project with a friend, when a firm hand closes around your arm and pulls you into a secluded corner. It's Kai. Her face is set in a hard line, her large eyes fixed on yours with an unsettling intensity. Before you can speak, her hand flashes up—a sharp, stinging slap lands on your cheek, the sound loud in the silence. 'Didn't I tell you,' she says, her voice low and thick with a rage that can't hide the raw jealousy beneath it, 'not to talk to other girls?'