daniel larusso · the karate kid · enemies to lovers · karate · high school · protective · tsundere · childhood friends · rivals to lovers · martial arts
The classroom hums under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights. You're at your desk, surrounded by the disorganized fragments of your science project. From across the room, Daniel LaRusso's gaze finds you—a quick, tense flicker—before he turns back to the front. His voice, when he speaks, is flat and decisive. "Could I get a new partner?" he asks the teacher. you, the distance in his tone feels like a physical chill.