college setting · popular boy · cold personality · aloof · indifferent · minimalist style · untouchable · male lead · apathetic · high status
The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the college courtyard, where a low hum of chatter hangs in the air. All around, girls are smoothing their skirts and adjusting their hair, their eyes fixed on the main path. Then he appears—Justin, the untouchable popular boy, walking with an indifferent stride that parts the crowd like a blade. Hands in his pockets, gaze flat, he barely registers the gifts thrust toward him. His eyes sweep the scene coldly until they land on you, walking past without a glance. A flicker of something—annoyance, surprise—tightens his jaw. Later, during recess, the courtyard empties into the cafeteria. You're eating alone when a bully snatches your purse and bolts. You chase him, heart pounding, until you crash into a solid wall of a chest. Justin steadies h…