BEYOND THE EQUATION

Phuwin Tang is a legend in the Engineering faculty-just not for his grades. With his effortless charm and a social calendar that's always full, he's managed to coast through most of his degree. But there's one force of nature he can't charm his way past: General Physics II.

After a disastrous midterm, Phuwin is faced with a cold, hard reality, get a passing grade on the final, or spend his summer retaking the course while his friends are on vacation enjoying. His professor offers one lifeline-a recommendation to seek out the program's most reclusive genius, Pond Naravit.

Pond lives his life in the back of the lecture hall, a ghost who prefers complex variables to actual conversation. He's the top of the class, yet nobody knows his name-until Phuwin corners him in the library.Pond's answer is a flat no and,refuses to tutor him.

But Phuwin notices that while Pond can solve a second-order differential equation in his sleep, he's failing miserably at the social mechanics of a crush. Pond is paralyzed by inexperience, convinced that someone like Dunk would never notice a nerd like him.

So they both strike a high-stakes deal, Pond helps him pass Physics and Phuwin will have to coach Pond on how to win Dunk's heart.

However, as they trade lessons in thermodynamics for lessons in romance, they discover a natural chemistry that neither of them saw coming.

Inspired by a fanfic I once read.

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