Rounds and Arrows

Cailene Santos is fire-loud, reckless, and always getting into trouble. She's also one of the best archers in campus, though most people only notice her for the chaos she brings. But everything changes the day she gets chased down by a gang she scammed in a bet... and gets saved by Kian Lopez, the quiet, stone-faced boxer who moves like a storm but speaks like silence.

It takes one punch from him-and one heartbeat from her-for Cailene to fall.

And when she falls, she falls hard.

She tries everything to get noticed. Bardagulan pick-up lines, snacks by his locker, loud jokes during training. But Kian never looks back. Never says a word. And so, eventually, she does the one thing she never thought she could:
She lets go.

Cailene rebuilds herself. Finds her focus again. Wins matches. Learns that being soft doesn't mean being small, and that healing sometimes means choosing yourself-even if it hurts.

But the thing is, when the noise stops... that's when Kian starts to listen.
And when she stops chasing, that's when he starts running after her.