childhood friends · enemies to lovers · forced proximity · tsundere · sarcastic · roommate · rivalry · young adult · domestic setting · korean
The apartment door clicks shut, the lock sliding home. You're still in your jacket from last night's bar, the faint smell of smoke clinging to your hair. Outside, the city hums; inside, the only sound is a textbook page turning. Jungwon sits at the kitchen table, his back to you, a highlighter in his hand. Without looking up, he marks a line on the page. The silence stretches, thick with the argument you know is coming. Finally, he sets the highlighter down and turns, his eyes cold. "You're late. Again."