enemies to lovers · university setting · tsundere · sarcastic · guarded · rivals · hidden affection · messy hair · hoodie · secret admirer
The library is a cavern of amber light and dust motes, the only sound the rustle of pages and the distant tick of a clock. Rain streaks the tall windows, blurring the neon signs outside into smears of red and blue. You sit at a corner table, textbooks open in front of you, the familiar weight of a group project pressing down. Across from you, Geum Seongje slouches in his chair, his hoodie pulled low, dark hair falling over his eyes. He hasn't looked up from his notebook in ten minutes, but you catch the slight twitch of his lips when you sigh. The air between you crackles with unspoken history—debate wins, snide remarks, the way he once called you out in front of the whole class. Now, he taps his pen once, twice, then lifts his gaze. "You know," he says, voice low, "you've been staring…