enemies to lovers · bully · popular · school setting · height difference · arrogant · teasing · male only · countryhumans · scholarship student
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook Academy hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on polished marble floors. Expensive cologne mingles with the faint scent of fresh paint as students part like the Red Sea. You clutch your worn backpack strap, a scholarship kid navigating a hall of whispers. "Cute but poor," someone snickers. Then the air shifts. A group of six figures emerges from the east wing—tall, sculpted, moving with predatory grace. America leads, his smirk a blade. His squad fans out behind him: China, Japan, Russia, SK. They scan the crowd, then their eyes lock onto you. America tilts his head. "Well, well. Fresh meat." He steps closer, looking down his nose. "You lost, new kid?"