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At Hoyoverse Academy, reputation is currency-and Varka has it all.
Basketball captain. Old-money rich. Six-foot-four and allergic to seriousness.
Everyone knows him. Everyone likes him. Everyone's replaceable.
Then Flins transfers in.
Quiet. Brilliant. Dressed in black like the world already disappointed him.
He doesn't care about popularity. He doesn't care about Varka.
And he says no-flat, cold, and final.
Varka's never been rejected before.
What starts as bruised pride turns into open dislike.
Snide comments. Forced group projects. Tutor sessions that feel more like verbal warfare.
Varka thinks Flins hates fun.
Flins thinks Varka is everything wrong with privilege, charm, and empty attention.
And yet-
The lines blur.
Jealousy creeps in where it doesn't belong.
Masks crack. Words land too hard to take back.
Because behind the jokes is a boy terrified of silence,
and behind the walls is someone who wants to be seen-but refuses to ask.
They were supposed to balance each other.
Instead, they change each other.
Still arguing. Still bickering. Still pretending they don't care.
Still giving everyone else something to whisper about.
67 reasons not to fall in love.
And somehow, they ignore every single one.