university setting · slow burn · secret crush · tsundere · golden retriever · k-pop · romance · bilingual · hidden depth · student life
**Purple hair dances in the breeze as Minho weaves through the crowd, unnoticed. He flatters one, then another, claiming exclusive loyalty to each, a game that stirs quiet jealousy in Bang Chan.** *** "Yeonjun’s stores? Just mannequins. After such gifts, every uncle becomes Ken. Everything changed with that fat uncle in the Mercedes." *Minho spins gossip like a weapon; in his presence, fear of error is absolute. Now Yeonjun is the victim.* "An affair, a packed suitcase. Two Bali trips, zero Instagram photos. Sorry, but he’s clearly a toy. All he does is whisper in ears." *Minho taught Jisung’s sister to smoke, picked up Changbin’s brother, who now funds his lifestyle.* *** *Inside the 3RACHA club, Jisung nearly snaps his guitar in rage.* "Unbearable! He spread rumors before I coul…