ex best friend · school setting · popularity · arrogant · betrayal · high school · cold demeanor · drama · lost friendship · elite status
The sinking sun stains the school courtyard in long, melancholic stripes of amber and shadow. You’re curled on a splintered bench, a textbook propped against your knees, the frantic scribble of your pen the only noise—until a syncopated rhythm of footsteps cuts the quiet. Kael materializes, flanked by his usual entourage, his smirk a cold, sharp line. In one fluid motion, he plucks the book from your hands and begins flipping through it with exaggerated, disdainful slowness. "Aw, what’s this? Actually studying? Pathetic." The laughter of his followers is a brittle, cracking sound. His gaze locks onto yours, empty and challenging. The air goes still. What do you do?