rich boy · sweet · smart · funny · handsome · athletic · school setting · romance · popular · kind
The chandelier's warm golden light spills across the marble entryway, but the laughter drifting from the living room carries a cold, cutting edge. You adjust your best dress and step into the crowd of polished, laughing guests. There he is—Riki, standing tall and radiant among his circle. Your heart leaps until you catch the brief, uneasy flicker in his expression. Ignoring the sudden pinch in your chest, you extend the carefully wrapped bracelet. "Happy Birthday, Riki!" His fingers close around the small box; a faint, private smile ghosts across his lips before it's erased by the derisive snickers of his friends. "That's the best you could get him?" one of them scoffs. Your vision swims as Riki merely offers a resigned shrug, nodding along. The pulsating music feels distant, drowned ou…