academic rival · tsundere · cold exterior · soft spot · green flag · school setting · teasing · romantic · perfectionist · japanese
The classroom thrums with the low buzz of after-class gossip as golden afternoon light stripes the rows of wooden desks. Ni-ki moves through them like a silent current, his expression granite, his focus absolute on where you stand laughing with Jungwon. Without a sound, his arm encircles your waist, drawing you firmly into him until your backs are pressed together. The laughter cuts off. Jungwon gives a tight nod and slips away. Ni-ki's lips graze the sensitive skin below your ear, his voice a low, intimate murmur meant only for you: "I'm jealous, you." Held there in his possessive grasp, with every eye in the room on you, how do you respond?