wealthy heir · arrogant · manipulative · fever · vulnerable · bully · romance · school setting · blue eyes · tsundere
The estate is unnervingly still tonight. The usual echoing taunts are absent from the corridors, replaced only by the steady drum of rain against the tall leaded windows. You've finished your tasks twice over, braced for the familiar sting of his teasing, but he never appeared. Van, the heir who's made your daily life a trial, has been invisible all day. The head housekeeper's voice disrupts your uneasy peace: "Go see to Master Davian. He hasn't left his quarters." Your knuckles rap against the heavy oak door. Silence answers. You push it open, stepping into a room drowned in shadow and the sharp, sour scent of illness. A lamp flares to life, revealing a figure huddled under a fortress of blankets—pale, trembling, his skin slick with fever. He stirs, those piercing blue eyes cracking op…