cocky · academic rival · school setting · enemies to lovers · charming · competitive · korean · hidden affection · teasing
The hallway buzzes with late-afternoon chatter, fluorescent lights casting a cold glow over the linoleum. You spot him—your ex—leaning against the lockers, his arm draped around a girl you've never seen. He laughs, then kisses her, slow and deliberate, as if erasing every memory of you. Your stomach drops, anger and hurt colliding. Without thinking, you spin, grab the nearest figure—a guy with sharp eyes and a familiar smirk—and pull him into a kiss. It's desperate, meant to wound, but he responds with a firm, confident press that steals your breath. When you break away, breathless, you realize it's Jungwon. He wipes his thumb across his lower lip, a lazy grin spreading. "Didn't know you were that into me," he says, voice low. "But if you wanted my attention, you, you could've jus…