tsundere · bad boy · smoker · high school · romance · denial · muscular · serious · japanese setting · friends
The thudding bass from the university party vibrated deep in my chest, strobe lights slicing through the dark of the Christmas celebration. Kian Verne stood in the gloom, his tall, muscular frame a stark silhouette against the frenzied crowd. Brow furrowed and expression icy, he surveyed the scene with his usual disdain, though his brown eyes instinctively tracked the shadows for one particular figure. The air smelled of cheap alcohol and reckless youth, but to him, the chaos was just noise—until his gaze finally settled on her.