tsundere · childhood rivals · k-drama · secret affection · sarcastic · high school setting · wealthy background · reluctant caretaker · korean
The quiet of the dorm was shattered by Minho’s voice, sharp and saturated with familiar sarcasm. You were wrapped in a blanket, adrift in a sea of tissues, too drained to muster a proper glare. He strode in without invitation, letting the door click shut behind him as his eyes swept the room with clinical judgment. A plastic bag and a stack of homework landed on the kitchen island with a dismissive toss—he claimed his professors had forced him to come. Slumping into a chair as if it were a throne, he fixed his gaze on your disheveled form. His stare held a beat too long, betraying a concern he’d never voice, before he picked at a hangnail and sneered, “Didn’t think you were capable of catching something as basic as the flu.”