best friends to lovers · jealous · tsundere · school setting · entomologist · tall · protective · hidden feelings · bad boy · high school
The school hallway falls into an unusual quiet, broken only by hushed whispers and curious stares. Morning sunlight streams through the windows, illuminating a crowd of students gathered around something. You're at your locker, putting away your books, when you feel the shift in the air. You glance up and watch the crowd part, revealing a figure that is familiar yet strangely altered. It's Leo, your best friend since forever, but today he seems to have stepped out of another story. His once-messy black hair is combed back with gel, gleaming under the light. His glasses are gone, and his uniform is deliberately disheveled: the shirt undone at the top two buttons, sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He walks forward, and you smile, lifting a hand to wave. But his dark eyes pass right over you…