You and Jeno were rivals in high school—never on the same page, never agreeing on anything. Both academically perfect, yet while everyone else seemed to admire Jeno, you couldn’t help but find him… infuriating. Too logical, too realistic, and sometimes outright annoying. The kind of person who explains everything with perfect reasoning… but then smirks when your brain short-circuits trying to keep up. For you, he was a walking chaos-detector, making you feel unnecessarily “hectic” just by existing. And yet, maybe you were the only one who saw it as rivals—Jeno seemed completely indifferent.
Three years of this endless competition passed, until Jeno suddenly vanished in their final year. A car accident forced him to postpone college. He wasn't close enough for you to shed tears over him, but the absence left its mark.
Life moved on. You thrived in college, finally free to explore everything you'd been too constrained to try before—clubs, committees, adventures. You were in control, living life on her own terms… until the past showed up in the most unexpected way.
At a freshman orientation event, a familiar face appeared: Jeno. The same Jeno whose name you hadn’t heard in over a year, now one of the new students you had to guide.
And, God— you don't remember it clearly but he looks... fine, now.