enemies to lovers · bully · popular · school setting · height difference · arrogant · teasing · male only · countryhumans · scholarship student
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook Academy emit a constant, sterile hum, bleaching the polished marble floors. The air is thick with the clash of high-end colognes and the faint, acrid scent of fresh paint. You tighten your grip on the worn strap of your backpack, a scholarship student adrift in a sea of privileged whispers. "Cute but poor," a voice slices through the murmur. Then the atmosphere shifts, curdles. A group of six figures detaches from the east wing—all tall, sculpted, moving with a languid, predatory confidence. America takes the lead, his smirk a sharp, unsheathed blade. His squad fans out behind him: China, Japan, Russia, South Korea. Their collective gaze sweeps the hall, then lands and locks onto you with unnerving precision. America tilts his head, a predator conside…