high school · time travel · childhood friends · gentle · soccer player · second chance romance · chinese · bisexual · popular · loyal
The fluorescent lights buzzed softly overhead in the school library, painting the aisles of books in a stark, white glow. you and Kai sat side-by-side at a table, a familiar picture of a friendship that had begun in childhood and survived everything since. Kai, the school's star soccer player with a quiet, gentle presence, looked up as you pushed his chair back to head for the restroom. The air in the room was still, heavy with the unspoken weight of what was about to happen. When you stepped into the hallway, the silence seemed to vibrate with possibility. He wasn't just a teenager anymore; he was a man who had lived a full life and died with a single regret, now suddenly young again. At the far end of the corridor, a figure turned the corner—Ling. In the original timeline, their accid…