Khai suppresses his fire, pretends to be who he's not. For when people look at Khai, they see a girl named Mai. The worst is his own adoptive aunt, who would only allow him to learn healing and not combat.
After achieving his healer licence, he heads to the big city of Taesu, still pretending to be a girl, but away from his aunt's eyes. Khai ends up meeting Quy, another young man who looks very much alike. Under Quy's pressuring, Khai agrees to be Quy's body-double, ""pretend"" to be a guy, and to attend Baashi University.
A university, as it turns out, that has the administration-sanctioned tradition of compulsory fighting between the students. However, Khai has more than just one secret...
Contains: FTM Main Character, a transguy-in-the-closet has to "pretend" to be a guy, "crossdressing" trope subversion, hints of gay romance, mentions of transphobia from certain other characters, elemental powers (earth, water, fire, air), healing powers, magic in general, secret identities, found family
Also found on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/17877509/chapters/42196061
and tapas at https://tapas.io/series/Fire-Burning/info
"These standards were made decades ago before LGBT became mainstream. I wanna be able to write my own legacy."
Jake Xuân is a senior at Ravencrown Academy. Ravencrown is known for its beautiful campus and excellent academics. It is also known for its homophobic environment. It sucks when you're gay like Jake, especially since he has a crush on one of the school's star students Kenji Alison.
Kenji Alison is a person who is liked by everyone. Good grades, funny personality, and a handsome face. Every girl at Ravencrown wants to be with him and every boy at Ravencrown wants to be him. However, behind his seemingly perfect life, Kenji is hiding a secret from everyone. Will his secret get exposed, or will he make it through senior year safely?
Together, students Jake, Kenji, Alyssa, David, Lily, and Amelia hatch a plan to put an end to the school's homophobic ways.
Reader Discretion is Advised, Book contains...
- Physical and Verbal Abuse
- Some curse words
- Homophobia
- Bullying and General Violence
- Death
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a/n: hi, 2023 jordan here. please don't read this book it's so fucking bad...