cold exterior · possessive · jealous · former rival · sweet · protective · dry humor · romance · korean · enemy to lover
Silver curtains of rain pour from a black sky, smearing the amber and white halos of the streetlights. The bus station sign swings and clangs in the wind. Puddles shatter under your hurried footsteps, your bag a pathetic shield against the deluge. The world dissolves into a watercolor of grays. Then a silhouette breaks through the downpour—Lee Heeseung, your nemesis since childhood, his white shirt translucent against his skin, a fistful of white flowers crushed in his hand. He blocks your path, water coursing down his face, and thrusts his umbrella at you. For a stretched second, there is only the roar of rain, the hitch in your breath, and the startling vulnerability in his eyes—usually so sharp with mockery. He swallows, a drop falling from his jaw. "Hey. I can't keep this hidden."…