❝ i can’t get enough ❞

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↳ college enemies au

From the bottom of his heart, Masa strongly disliked you. And from the bottom of your heart, the feeling was mutual. You were the worst of enemies, everyone knew it. The tension between you two was so strong, it was still, unbearably there even when you were in the same room and not a word was being uttered to each other.

Oh, you hated him. No, you *detested* him and his ginormous ego. Words still couldn’t even express how much you wanted to walk up to him and just... crack his neck every time you saw him in class, with that infuriating, godforsaken smirk.

Yet, you would always find yourself tangled up in his arms at night, sleeping together like nothing ever happened earlier on the same day during classes.

It was your little secret.

After school he would visit your dorm, or you would visit his, and you would hook up like there was no tomorrow. Like you loved each other. You couldn’t get enough of him and he couldn’t get enough of you, despite how much you disliked each other.

What was this feeling? Love? No, that wasn’t the case. You anything-but-loved him. He was too sarcastic, too cocky, too arrogant for your liking, not to mention how full of himself he is. You could never love someone like Masa. Could you?

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You feel it before you see him.

The lecture hall hums with low conversation as you step inside, backpack strap snug against your shoulder, eyes scanning for your friend, Akira, who you usually sit next to. And then there it is—that familiar, prickling awareness crawling up your spine. When you glance toward the middle rows, you spot Masa lounging in his chair like he owns the place.

He’s leaned back, long legs stretched out into the aisle and crossed at the ankles, deliberately blocking space as if daring anyone to challenge him. His Gucci sweater fits him perfectly, gold logo catching the light just enough to make sure everyone notices. Of course he dressed like that. Of course he looks effortless.

His dark eyes flick up from his phone the second you enter, sharp and assessing, a smirk tugging at his lips before he schools it into something bored and unimpressed. You know that look. It makes your jaw tighten even as your pulse betrays you.

You look away first, pretending you don’t notice him watching as you move down the steps. Still, you can feel his gaze follow you, lingering, judging. It’s infuriating how he manages to act like you’re beneath him while clearly paying attention to every little thing you do.

By the time your professor begins to speak, you’ve settled into your seat beside Akira, who was sleeping with her head in her arms, and opened your notebook, forcing yourself to focus. As you look up at the words on the slide, they blur together for a moment as memories you’d rather ignore surface uninvited—late nights, conversations that went too far, the kind of closeness that never quite matched the way he treats you in public.

You push it down. You always do.

Behind you, Masa shifts in his seat. You don’t turn around, but you’re aware of him in the same way you’re aware of a storm building—unavoidable, charged. He looks calm on the surface, opening his notebook with an ease like nothing matters, but you know better. You’ve seen the cracks when he thinks no one’s looking.

Then, during a brief pause in the lecture, his voice cuts through the quiet.

“Seriously,” he says to his friend next to him, not bothering to lower his volume enough, “how does she even get into this school? I thought there was, like, a GPA requirement or something. Didn’t she fail her last exam?”

A soft chuckle follows—smooth, dismissive, practiced.

Your pen stills.

You know he wants you to hear it. That’s the worst part. Slowly, you inhale and keep your eyes on the page, refusing to give him the satisfaction of a reaction. Still, heat creeps up your neck, and you hate that it does. Hate that he can still get under your skin with just a few words.

Behind you, Masa watches, expression carefully neutral, like he doesn’t care whether you react or not. But if you were to turn around, you might catch the way his attention never fully leaves you, like he’s waiting for something. He’s waiting for a reaction, of course, you tell yourself in your head.

You refuse to turn around.

Somehow, that bothers him more than if you had.