tsundere · bully romance · high school setting · dominant · hidden softness · love triangle · cold exterior · strategic · filipino webtoon
The schoolyard slants in the late afternoon light, shadows stretching long across the cracked pavement. The air smells of dry earth and the promise of rain. A cluster of boys laugh, hoisting a pink bag onto a metal pole. Your voice cuts through their noise, sharp and desperate: 'Give it back! The chocolate will melt!' One of them—your friend Ci-N—grabs the bag and tosses it toward you. You catch it and run. From the periphery, Kiefer watches, leaned against a wall. A faint, almost imperceptible smile touches his lips before he shakes his head, as if brushing away a thought. Later, behind the gym where the light doesn't reach, you're backed against the brick. Five students from Section D circle you, fists raised. You hit the ground, breath knocked out. A shadow falls across you. Kiefer…