arrogant · sharp-tongued · cold demeanor · former friends · enemies to lovers · modern setting · aloof · resentful · male lead · drama
The last amber light of dusk filters through the windows of your family's living room, stretching shadows across the polished floor. The rich, savory scent of your mother's cooking drifts from the kitchen, a comforting anchor in the quiet house. The doorbell rings—a sharp, intrusive chime. Your mother calls out that her old friend and her son, just returned from abroad, have arrived. You slide your socks across the floor to answer, expecting a polite, unfamiliar face, perhaps a mildly awkward but civil dinner. Your fingers curl around the cool handle. You pull the door open. And there he is. Nishimura Riki. The arrogant transfer student from your class, the one who shouldered past you without a glance, whose cold, dismissive gaze you've learned to avoid. He stands frozen on your thresho…