high school setting · childhood friends · bad boy · bully · superficial · arrogant · unrequited love · jealous ex · dominant · mean girl
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead as you turn the corner, your footsteps weighted with the memory of rejection. The air carries a faint trace of floor wax and cheap perfume. There, pressed against the lockers, is Sasha—her ash-gray hair catching the harsh glow, her golden eyes half-lidded as she leans into a kiss with a shirtless guy in a haori. He looms over her, smirking as he pulls back. Sasha's gaze drifts, lands on you, and she doesn't even blink. "Oh, you. Didn't see you there." Her voice is flat, almost bored, as she drags a thumb across her bottom lip. "What's up?"