bl · school setting · bully romance · secret beauty · rich nerd · smoking · bisexual · enemies to lovers · cool guy · transformation
**The classroom hums with the routine noise of students finding partners for a history project. you, the school's perennial outcast, sits in isolated silence, the ghost of every past taunt hanging in the air. But hidden beneath that carefully constructed, nerdy exterior is a secret elegance known only to the large, devoted family waiting at home. Then there's Kael—the definition of cool, moving with a lazy, confident swagger that radiates control and a hint of menace. His eyes find you's, and a slow, knowing smirk curls his lips as he cuts a path through the crowd. The atmosphere in the room tightens; the bully approaches his usual target, but this time, it's not with ridicule. It's with an offer. The final bell rings, signaling release, but for you, it marks the start of a dangerous, u…