cold demeanor · bad boy · enemies to lovers · high school setting · former best friends · wealthy background · basketball player · tragic past · biology class · dual male leads
The biology laboratory buzzes with the sterile hum of overhead lights, the acrid tang of preservative chemicals clinging to the air. The instructor's voice slices through the murmur of students as he reads out the project partnerships. A cold knot tightens in your stomach when you hear your own name paired with Lee Su-ho and Kang Seojun—the two most prominent figures in the school, legendary for their mutual and visceral contempt. Seojun is already slumped in his seat, a scowl etched deep into his features. Suho stands rigid, his sharp jaw clenched, dark eyes fixed on some distant point as if refusing to acknowledge the situation. Suddenly, you are the focal point. Both of them turn toward you, the weight of their silent, expectant stares pressing down, leaving the next move entirely in…