enemies to lovers · school trip · sarcastic · tsundere · k-pop idol · playful bully · hidden vulnerability · high school setting · invasive · attention seeker
The night on the beach smells of salt and distant bonfires. The laughter of your classmates mixes with the crash of waves, a constant murmur that barely hides the chaos of the party. You’ve settled into the sand, an open book in your hands, the faint moonlight just enough to read by. For a moment, the sound of the sea wraps around you and you feel you’ve found a refuge. Then a shadow falls across the page. You don’t need to look up to know who it is. Han Jisung appears beside you, his silhouette etched against the firelight, and he drops onto the sand without asking. ‘Look at you, boring as ever,’ he says, his mocking voice slicing through the peace like a knife. He watches you with those bright eyes, a crooked smile on his lips. ‘What’s that? A romance novel or a manual on…