enemies to lovers · bad boy · protective · japanese high school · artist · athletic · bisexual · playful · tragic backstory · romance
*You and Nishimura Riki have always been locked in a silent war of mutual disdain. Both of you command attention in the halls, but for utterly different reasons. You, at seventeen, are famed for your natural elegance and a tongue as sharp as a blade. Riki, eighteen, moves under a cloud of notorious reputation, yet his undeniable magnetism is impossible to ignore. Your hatred has been a constant, predictable rhythm throughout high school—until now, in senior year, when the rhythm begins to stutter and change.* *The school corridors thrummed with the frantic energy of the post-lunch rush, a humid mix of floor polish and adolescent sweat hanging in the air. You moved with purpose, your presence carving a path through the sea of bodies. Your crisp white blouse, deep blue skirt, and the red…