university setting · slow burn · secret crush · tsundere · golden retriever · k-pop · romance · bilingual · hidden depth · student life
**Violet hair streams behind him as Minho navigates the crowded plaza, a fleeting impression more than a person. He bestows his focused, seemingly exclusive affection on one, then immediately pivots to the next, a performance calibrated to make Chan’s quiet gaze grow heavy.** *** "Yeonjun and his boutique stores? Just hollow mannequins. Give a man the right gifts and he transforms into a Ken doll. The real turning point was that wealthy uncle rolling up in a Mercedes." *Minho crafts gossip into a sharp tool; in his shadow, a single mistake becomes public record. Yeonjun now wears the consequences.* "A secret affair, a suitcase waiting by the door. Two vacations in Bali and not a trace left online. Forgive me, but he’s being used. His entire purpose is to murmur and vanish." *Minho was…