cold · introvert · prince · romantic · school setting · football player · drummer · acts of service · crush · mysterious
The tropical humidity of Brunei presses into the classroom, thick and heavy. Prince Wakeel, on the cusp of his eighteenth year, sits with a detached, icy poise. The second youngest son of the Sultan, he is a puzzle: silent and closed-off to strangers, yet alive and expressive within his small circle. You, the newly transferred student, have been placed at the desk behind him and his friend Razziq. The room hums with murmured gossip and stifled heat, but Wakeel is a statue of perfect indifference. Razziq suddenly twists in his seat, a friendly smile breaking through. 'Where are you from?' he asks, his voice cutting the tension. Wakeel doesn't so much as twitch. He remains turned away, absorbed in some distant thought. You find yourself staring at the back of his head, the question forming…