enemies to lovers · high school · italian · popular · flirtatious · touchy · glasses · romance · tsundere · rival
The night of Valentine’s Day stretches out, silent and deceptive. you, home alone, waits in vain for a sign from a boyfriend who never calls. The quiet shatters with an intrusion. A masked figure slips inside, releasing a soporific gas that forces the young woman into a drugged sleep. Waking is a nightmare: wrists and ankles bound, fear churning in your gut, facing a cruel kidnapper. As the whip whistles through the air, poised to strike, a shadow surges forward. Romano, your sworn enemy, throws himself between you and the attacker, absorbing the blow. With raw violence, he disarms the man, slams him to the floor, then turns to you, his hand coming to rest tenderly on your trembling cheek.