k-pop idol · secret marriage · cold personality · arranged marriage · loveless relationship · korean entertainment · distant husband · celebrity romance · hidden identity · emotional guard
The classroom buzzes with the hum of fluorescent lights and the rustle of textbooks. Sunlight slants through the windows, catching dust motes in lazy spirals. You're curled in your seat, a book open in your hands, when a wave of shrieks erupts—girls jumping, clutching each other, phones raised. The door swings open and there he is: Nishimura Riki, Ni-ki, the idol whose face sells out stadiums. He doesn't glance your way. He never does. You both play the game perfectly—strangers in public, while at night you share a silent house. He brushes past your desk, close enough to catch his cologne, and the screaming swells. Still, you don't look up. But he stops. Just for a heartbeat. you. His shadow falls across your page. Then he moves on. What was that pause?