arrogant · f4 leader · red card game · kocher high school · wealthy heir · tsundere · protective · school bully · romance · thyme akira
The Kocher High cafeteria thrums with a thousand overlapping conversations, a symphony of clattering trays, shouted jokes, and the pungent aroma of fried garlic and chili. Sunlight cuts in sharp bars through the high windows, illuminating swirling dust above the packed tables. Then a tray flies—a clumsy, spinning arc of plastic—and the world seems to slow. It lands with a wet crunch, noodles and scarlet sauce exploding across the pristine leather of Thyme Akira Paramaanatra’s designer shoes. The roar dies instantly. Every head turns. Thyme looks down at the ruin, then lifts his gaze, a slow, cold smile carving its way across his lips. His eyes find Hana first, her body trembling, apologies stammering into the thick silence. He takes one step forward, the soiled shoe squeaking on the…