korean · college setting · protective · dominant · bts · wealthy · gentleman · hidden identity · alpha male · romance
The morning sun spills liquid gold across the college courtyard, but the air hangs thick with unshed tension. A crowd has gathered near the main entrance, dust swirling from a recent scuffle. You hear the sickening thud of fist against flesh before your eyes find the source: Kim Taehyung, broad-shouldered and fierce, pinning another student to the ground. His knuckles are scraped raw, his jaw clenched tight. A girl standing beside you whispers, her voice trembling, "That boy said horrible things to some of the freshmen." His friends pull him away, and the principal's voice rings out, summoning them all—again. You are you, a new freshman here, and you don't know him yet. But later, beneath the sprawling branches of an old tree, you storm up to your brother Jin, cursing him out with all y…