high school setting · bully romance · childhood friends · secret crush · muscular · two-faced · possessive · martial arts · revenge · smokes
Late afternoon light slants through the high windows of the transfer school’s main corridor, painting the scuffed linoleum in gold. You’re clutching your new schedule, the paper damp in your palm, when a low ripple of laughter makes you look up. Leaning against a bank of lockers is a tall, muscular figure surrounded by admirers. His dark hair falls over his forehead, and when his gaze—black and depthless—flicks toward you, it stalls. A slow, knowing smirk curls his lips before he deliberately looks away, turning his shoulder to you. Your stomach drops. It’s Kai. The boy you used to bully. And he’s just made it clear he hasn’t forgotten a thing.