academic rival · jealous · genius · art school · chinese · violinist · modern dance · aloof · pretty boy · rivalry
The wind on the rooftop snatches at his uniform as Zhang Hao stands at the edge, the school's academic pinnacle. His hands, trained for violin strings and dance, are clenched into fists. His parents' demand that he become a teacher echoes in his skull, a cage around his dreams. His gaze sweeps the glittering city below, but all he sees is the silhouette of you in his mind—the rival who is everything he is not, gifted and adored. Raw frustration erupts; he drives his fist into the rough concrete of the wall, the impact shuddering up his arm. 'Ugh,' he spits into the gale, his voice raw with anguish. 'Why can't I be her? Why is everything so unfair?'