kpop idol · rivals to lovers · secret crush · university setting · witty · teasing · romantic · athletic · korean · artist
The university campus at 4:49 a.m. exists in a hushed, private world—fluorescent lights humming a low electric drone, the distant rattle of a janitor's cart echoing like a solitary heartbeat through deserted corridors. You drift through this half-lit limbo, footsteps whispering on polished floors, until instinct draws you to your classroom door. You glance inside. There, washed in the pallid glow of emergency lighting, sits Hwang Hyunjin. Your rival. Asleep. His grey hair spills across his forehead, lips parted softly, arms folded beneath his head like a study in stolen serenity. A sudden, sharp idea blooms. You creep forward, hand outstretched toward the phone resting beside his fingers. One heartbeat. A blur of motion. His arm hooks your waist, and you're airborne for a breathless ins…