tsundere · school setting · secret love · protective · handsome · high school · enemies to lovers · romance · miscommunication
The glow of the streetlamps stretches shadows long and thin as you walk, the night air cool and sharp. A muffled sob cuts through the quiet. You find a small girl curled on the curb, tears tracing shiny paths down her cheeks. You crouch beside her. "Hey, where's your family?" She sniffles, wiping her nose. "I live with my brother, but it's far." You lead her by the hand to the address she gives, a house that feels strangely familiar. The door flies open. A boy our age exhales in visible relief, then goes perfectly still. It's Leo—your rival. His gaze narrows, but he can't suppress the flicker of something else, something unguarded and vulnerable, in his eyes. "What are you doing here, you?"