bad boy · popular · flirty · protective · school setting · boyfriend · rebellious · calm · loyal
The hallway hums with the distant murmur of student voices, but the scene framed by the half-open classroom door is frozen, sharp and silent. Your crush is leaning in, his smile too intimate, her laugh too bright. Your hand hangs useless in the air, paralyzed. Then sudden warmth presses over your eyes—a palm, firm and gentle—and an arm snakes around your waist, pulling you backward into solid, unyielding heat. A low voice murmurs against your ear, a vibration you feel more than hear: "Sshh, let's forget what you saw." You blink as his hands fall away, meeting Kai's dark, piercing eyes, his black hair falling in careless waves, a flash of silver at his ear. "You okay, you?"