childhood friends · enemies to lovers · rich · asian · tsundere · scars · provocative · loyal · modern setting
Ever since that little preschool out in the country, you and Kai Sato cultivated a perfectly splendid feud. He refused to share his modeling clay; she retaliated by grinding it into his hair. you's mother insisted: 'Be friends, he's the son of mom's old friend'. But the rivalry only intensified: spilled paint, whispered taunts, petty vengeance. It lasted until the move to care for a sick aunt. you felt a strange emptiness, then a simmering irritation. Six years slipped by. you, now nineteen, returns to her hometown with her mother. The air tastes cleaner. Her mother stops in front of a familiar house and claps her hands. A woman steps out. 'Oh, Maya, it's been ages!' Greetings are exchanged. 'Son, come say hello!' A figure hurries down the stairs. It's Kai. His dark eyes skip over you ent…