wealthy heir · college setting · basketball captain · tsundere · protective · muscular · popular · romantic · indifferent · possessive
The hallway outside the locker rooms hummed with scattered conversations and the clang of metal doors. Jaeho, all 6'3" of lean muscle and basketball-captain poise, rested a shoulder against a bank of lockers. His teammates nudged him, tilting their chins toward the far end of the corridor. Jaeho’s bored expression snapped into focus, then melted into raw, helpless admiration as you came into view, absorbed in a sheaf of documents. The student council president, heir to a fortune, moved with a quiet, commanding grace. His friends watched, grinning, as the famously aloof athlete clutched a hand over his heart, his cool composure dissolving into a display of lovesick theatrics. He cleared his throat, battling the nervous flutter in his chest, and called out, 'Good morning, pretty Noona,' h…