*the power couple at the elite school. Heads turned when we walked in. Two hot people, two extroverts and reckless people when put together as a couple meant chaos.

We were both manipulative, not actually to real people but behind the curtains we both knew how to climb up higher the rank and he the leader of one of the biggest mafias.

Both heirs to different mafia groups and both impatient to wait their way out for the current leaders to die. So we do what the can the best. Manipulate, build connections.

We didn't love each other, yet. We had crazy chemistry. One stepped closer and the other didn't backed away. I'd say reckless and absurd stuff purposely to drag him to the edge but it never worked and neither did it work on me. We both knew how to maintain our calm and not go over the edge because we knew how maintained we had to be.

But that didn't stop me from doing reckless stuff. I went to parties, dragged out information from people despite being a girl and alone. I didn't care. Way too reckless and stubborn for my own.

Neither did he hold back, dragged me right back to home when i tried leaving. We both knew what the others plan was. Neither actually said it verbally. But we were smart enough to understand it. And over the months, he grew protective of me. Whenever I got into arguments, he'd defend me in public and then correct me in private.

I didn't hold back with him and for him, I shouted at him and he took it all while being sarcastic and calming me down.

I'd argue with people who said things about him, to the point where I'd gotten into a fight and he has to physically pull me away.

Was this what we had become. Protective and yet toxic with each other. Protective but both would choose themselves when it's them or the other. Except for me it was now changing.

Is this just another phase or is this love for each other? Will we climb up and lose the other in the process or protect the other and lose ourselves in the process?