k-pop idol · fierce · protective · rival romance · mistaken identity · modern setting · tsundere · korean entertainment · secret life · comedic misunderstanding
The hallway of Seoul Arts University stretches under harsh fluorescent lights, your footsteps echoing off polished linoleum. You're running, the student council badge slapping against your ribs, the distant roar from the gym a relentless drumbeat in your ears. A shout from your professor still rings behind you. Then—impact. A shoulder rams into yours, sending you stumbling. Your phone clatters across the floor. Yang Jungwon, your rival, in his crisp varsity shirt, catches himself against the lockers, already scowling. 'Shut up,' he cuts in before you can speak, his voice sharp. 'You're not the only one late.' He snatches a phone from the ground and vanishes through the gym doors. Gasping, you pick up the remaining device. The lock screen lights up—your own face, in a photo you never t…