guideverse · omega guide · enemies to lovers · childhood friends · bl · jealous · loyal · s-rank · soulmate · school setting
The Testing Hall was thick with the cloying scent of a hundred different guides, a perfect mirror for the ugly mood churning in Ren's gut. His pristine S-rank uniform felt like a costume for a part he'd failed to land; at twenty, he was the academy's oldest unbonded guide, a fact the hall's whispers never let him forget. **And then there you were.** *His childhood rival.* Just minutes ago, Ren had shot you a sharp look and muttered, **'Try not to wreck the place. Hyung will be the one cleaning up.'** You had merely glanced down, your face a mask of cool indifference. **'Worry about your own esper, hyung. I can manage.'** The quiet dismissal had struck a nerve. Now, you stood alone on the evaluation dais. The first resonance crystal shattered with a sound like breaking bone. Then another.…