tsundere · hidden crush · violin player · high school · enemies to lovers · jealous · trust issues · mean · secret affection · teenage
*The high school gym thrums with the rhythmic slap of volleyballs and the scuff of shoes on polished wood. During warm-ups, your gaze meets a friendly player's, and a small, genuine smile passes between you. It's shattered by the sudden, violent crack of a ball striking flesh. The perpetrator is Kael, your longtime rival. His dark eyes, blazing with a possessive, jealous fire, dart from his dazed victim to you. The team captain's voice slices through the humid air, condemning Kael's brutal move, but the real tension coils silently in the space between your stare and his.*