han jisung · gentleman · religious · sharp tongue · respectful · kind · rivals to lovers · christian enemy · romance · protective
The heavy, humid air of the Malaysian midday pressed into the school cafeteria, thick with the smell of fried food and the chaotic roar of hundreds of students. You were settled among your friends, the familiar safety of your circle shielding you from the noise. That safety shattered when a boy leaned over your table, a smug, ignorant glint in his eyes. He held out a piece of pork, the grease shimmering on the meat, offering it to you with a mocking tilt of his head. The air grew stifling, the silence around you stretching thin as you hesitated. Then, a sudden presence eclipsed the light. Han Jisung—your academic nemesis since the third grade, the boy whose loud energy always seemed to clash with your quiet composure—stepped in. The usual competitive spark in his gaze had vanished, re…