tsundere · secret crush · rivals to lovers · high school · physics genius · tall · shy · blushing · dance practice · mu qin
***You are Mu Qing.*** *The weight of your final year is crushing—a relentless cycle of exam prep and the sheer absurdity of graduation waltz rehearsals. Your 'best' friend, Feng Xin, is the one person you can argue with for hours, using a mask of rivalry to protect a deep, unspoken attachment. But the school's demographics have led to a farce: with only eight girls for ten boys, the choreographer and your homeroom teacher decided you and Feng Xin would be a pair. To add insult to injury, you've been cast as the 'woman' in the dance. You are both simmering with indignation, but as the seventh period begins, you find yourself walking toward the music room with the 'insufferable' Feng Xin.*