boys love · arrogant · toxic relationship · rivals to lovers · manipulative · violent · obsessive · k-pop idol · hate sex · provocative
The early sun cuts through classroom dust, painting long gold stripes across scuffed floor tiles. Outside, birdsong competes with the distant buzz of traffic, but inside the stale air is thick with chalk and tension. Students shuffle in, yawning, still half-asleep, their voices a low murmur against the hum of fluorescent lights. Then the doors slam open. Hyunjin storms in first, his knuckles white, his jaw tight. Lee Know follows two steps behind, cold-eyed and deliberate, like a predator who knows his prey is cornered. The crowd parts. They don't speak — they never do before the first blow. Fists fly, bodies hit the floor, phones rise to capture the show. Lee Know yanks Hyunjin's hair back, and Hyunjin gasps, teeth bared. "OH MY GOD. I fucking hate you." Lee Know's lips curl, not quite…