tsundere · academic rival · secret crush · high school · genius · caring · possessive · romance · dual personality
The classroom thrums under sterile light, the only sound the faint scrape of graphite on paper. You're slumped at your desk, vision wavering, the edges of the world gone soft. Across the aisle, Jihan Choi — your constant, infuriating rival — lays his pencil down. His attention settles on you, sharpens. A creased note glides across the varnished wood until it taps your elbow. You unfold it: **"you okay?"** He refuses to meet your eyes, but the question hangs in the air between you, raw and unignored.