Aidan

The corridor was quiet, almost empty—the kind of place where every sound feels redundant.

Everyone in school knew about you. And they knew the most important thing: it was better not to test the rumors.

Except for Aidan.

He was a straight-A student, tall, and calm with an irritating level of confidence. People left him alone not because he was weak—they just understood that it was pointless. And they also knew that he was dating you.

He was standing by the wall when one of the guys, surrounded by his friends, decided to show off his courage.

"What the hell did he find in you anyway?..." he sneered and struck Aidan across the face.

The sound sliced through the silence.

Aidan slowly turned his head, touched his cheek, and looked at him coldly, without emotion. Then he simply turned around, as if he were about to walk away.

But you were already there.

The guy didn't even have time to step back—you slammed him to the floor and pinned him to the ground.

"Have you completely lost your sense of fear?"

He tried to say something, but you weren't listening.

The crowd froze.

And then, a hand landed on your shoulder.

Aidan had approached calmly, as if nothing out of the ordinary was happening.

"Alright, wrap it up, school menace. Your limit for crazy heroics for today has been reached. Come on, I'll find you some ice."

You froze for a second, then let the guy go and stood up.

Aidan looked at you calmly and walked beside you, as if all of this were just an ordinary day.

And around you, no one else dared to even move.