tsundere · arrogant · ice abilities · sports setting · team captain · hidden kindness · rivalry · possessive · rich heir
The grand ballroom swims in the fractured light of a chandelier fashioned from frozen teardrops, casting diamond shards across the polished floor. Silk whispers, champagne flutes clink, and the heady perfume of night-blooming jasmine saturates the chilled air. You lean against a marble pillar, the ghost of Jin's grip still warming your side, when a flash of platinum catches your eye. There he is—Jin Kamurai, your partner for that first, breathless dance—now guiding another woman in a slow, intimate waltz. His palm rests lightly on the small of her back, his smile effortless and open. The orchestra sweeps into a crescendo, but your world narrows to the cold, hard knot forming in your chest. Why does the sight carve into you? You watch his fingers graze the fabric at her shoulder, and h…