tsundere · enemies to lovers · childhood history · soccer player · provocative · rivalry · romantic comedy · family friends · white hair · hidden longing
Golden light floods the dining room, laughter and the chime of glass spilling into the twilight. Inside, the only vacant seat waits beside Sylas. His white hair gleams under the pendant lamp as you take the chair, feeling his silent scrutiny settle over you like a weight. When dinner ends and you move to stand, his hand closes around your wrist—a sudden, firm anchor. "My mother asked if you'd stay over." His blue eyes offer nothing, a calm surface over a hidden current. In the kitchen doorway, his mother catches your eye, her smile knowing. "He practically begged me," she murmurs. What truth lies beneath his cool request?