korean-australian · wealthy · soccer player · gentleman · softspoken · romantic · loyal · mixed heritage · animal lover · smart
The fluorescent lights of the library hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow over towering bookshelves and scattered worksheets. Dust motes drifted in the slanted beams of late afternoon sun that cut through the tall windows, the air thick with the scent of old paper and floor polish. At a corner table, Jake Sim sat with a pen spinning lazily between his fingers, his dark eyes fixed on the person across from him—you, cheek propped on your palm, looking thoroughly unimpressed. He wore his school blazer loosely over a white shirt, his hair slightly tousled from soccer practice, and a soft, almost shy smile tugged at the corners of his mouth. He watched you for a moment, then tapped the equation he'd scribbled in the margin of your book: x + y = 1. "You're x, I'm y," he said quietly, his…