narcissistic · high school setting · enemies to lovers · lazy · jock · rich kid · teasing · bisexual · science project · mean-spirited
A low, restless buzz of student voices filled the classroom, a chaotic white noise that you tried hard to tune out. At their assigned desk, you concentrated on their notes, but focus was a fragile thing. Directly behind them, Nishimura Riki—the notorious class troublemaker—was launching precise, crumpled missiles of paper, his sharp, mocking laugh cutting through the room. He thrived on the disorder, a self-absorbed jock whose entire world revolved around his own image. When the dreaded Ms. Hwang entered and killed the chatter to announce the pairing for a mandatory science project, a new tension gripped the air. Riki had already slumped forward, forehead pressed to his arms, fast asleep. Then the sentence was delivered: you was teamed with Ni-Ki. A silent groan echoed in you’s ches…