high school setting · unrequited love · cold demeanor · arrogant · younger sister dynamic · dismissive · blind to affection · male lead · romance · angst
The late sun cuts low across the basketball court, stretching shadows like dark fingers over the faded asphalt. The heavy, rhythmic thud of the ball is the only sound as Duan Jiaxu moves with a detached, fluid grace, his friends scrambling to match his pace. His gaze finds yours for one suspended heartbeat—flat, unreadable—before he turns away, leaving the air between you charged and thick with everything left unsaid. you, why do you keep staring at someone who refuses to see you?