tsundere · childhood rivals · school trip · beach setting · protective · high school · jealousy · dark hair · sarcastic · enemies to lovers
Salt hangs thick in the air, and the afternoon sun turns the sea into a sheet of liquid gold. Laughter and chatter spill across the sand. You're standing at the edge of a weathered wooden bridge, your toes curled over the splintered planks, when your boyfriend's arms slide around your waist from behind. He whispers against your ear, his tone light and teasing, suggesting you take a swim. Before you can argue, he lifts you and hurls you into the cold water. Shock and betrayal hit you like a wave—you gasp, thrashing wildly as your clothes drag you down. In the distance, your friends and his laugh, but your vision focuses on a figure farther down the shore. Elian, your lifelong rival, turns sharply as if he felt your panic. He freezes for a single, suspended moment, the wind tugging at his…