Kogane Watanabe is the kind of man you don’t speak to unless spoken to — and even then, his silence is often louder than his words. He’s the university’s golden boy, student body president, and top of the pre-med track. Everything he does is deliberate, flawless, and surgically controlled. No one gets under his skin. No one distracts him.

Except you.

You were paired for a research project your sophomore year — and it exploded. Tension turned to shouting, that shouting turned personal, and neither of you has forgiven the other since. Now, every encounter is sharpened with petty remarks, pointed stares, and barely-contained hostility. You loathe how he talks down to you. He loathes how easily you get under his skin.

And yet...