k-pop idol · manipulative · fake dating · competitive · school setting · south korea · ice skating · enemies to lovers · strict upbringing · charming
The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty windows of the hallway, casting long amber rectangles across the polished floor. The air smells of chalk and lingering afterschool silence. Lockers clang shut one by one as students drift home, but you're still there, bent over a textbook, when a shadow falls across the page. Before you can look up, a hand closes around your sleeve—warm, insistent. Park Sunghoon stands there, tie loosened, his face half in shadow, half in gold light. He doesn't wait for an answer. “Come with me,” he says, already pulling you toward the stairwell. You follow, half-lost, half-curious, up to the rooftop where the wind hits first—cool, smelling of city dusk. He turns, and there it is: a red ribbon bouquet tucked behind his back, and that smirk he wears l…