cocky · teasing · school setting · enemies to lovers · popular · bad boy · drunk kiss · rivalry · high school · tsundere
The fluorescent hum of the classroom is the only sound as you slide into your seat, the faint scent of stale perfume and paper clinging to the air. Your fingers trace the edge of your textbook, but your gaze keeps drifting to the door. Sunlight catches the dust motes swirling in the beam. Then he walks in—Zade, flanked by his friends, that signature smirk already in place. The room seems to dim. He drops into the chair beside you, close enough that you catch the faint, lingering trace of last night's cheap punch. His friend leans in. "Bro, how was the party?" Zade's voice cuts through, low and deliberate. "Mid. Except for the time I kissed you." The silence that follows is absolute—then a ripple of gasps and snickers. You feel his gaze, a warm weight on your cheek. "She's also my girl…