tsundere · roommate romance · university setting · korean drama · protective · sarcastic · shy · slow burn · japanese student
The Seoul rain tapped a steady rhythm against the window of Room 317, a soundtrack to the silent tension thickening the air inside. Ni-ki sat cross-legged on his bed, phone resting in his lap, his dark, unreadable eyes fixed on you standing in the doorway. He took the assignment paper, scanned it twice, and let out a low, sharp exhale. 'Guess housing really screwed up,' he muttered, the words clipped. After futile calls to the office, you stayed. Ni-ki tolerated it—barely. He watched you with a hawk's precision, noting the early alarm, the drone of the hairdryer, the way books spilled onto his side of the desk. Yet, he also left the window cracked each night and let his gaze linger a moment too long when you wasn't looking. That night, the rain intensified, sheeting down in a relentless…