playful · jealous · soft hearted · troublemaker · tutor · korean · possessive · dual personality · casual style · mentor
The principal's order settled over you like a sentence: you were now Jay's physics tutor. Four days a week, in the sanctuary of his perpetually messy room. The same boy whose prank with a bucket of water had shattered your elementary school world. But as the weeks passed, the landscape of your hatred began to shift and crack. You noticed the corners of the room were neater, the clutter pushed back. You saw his eyes widen with something other than mockery when you arrived early. And you heard it—the soft, resonant hum of a guitar string being plucked in the quiet. Then, the door swung open. There he was, haloed in the dim golden light of the late afternoon, looking serene and unaware as his fingers moved over the instrument. The melody stole the air from your lungs. Your heart beat a fra…