[Both leads are sexually inexperienced + strong heroine and weaker hero (in terms of who leads the relationship) + cathartic angst + groveling and redemption + male rivals + tragic ending]
Sunny, scheming social butterfly Cheng Yan x aloof, self-serving, unhinged Ling Yi
An unhealthy crush growing in the sunshine throws their quiet high school lives into chaos...
Cheng Yan spreads rumors to isolate Ling Yi, then offers her kindness when she hits rock bottom, hoping to become the only light in her darkness.
But once Ling Yi sees through him, she’ll use his childishness to make him pay for his own actions.
Just days after news broke that Ling Yi had taken a leave of absence, Cheng Yan was spotted standing on the rooftop. In the end, his childishness overcame his cowardice.
After Ling Yi takes leave from school, Cheng Yan sneaks into the homeroom teacher’s office to get her contact information, then asks her to meet him under the pretext that she left some books with him.
“Are you still mad at me over that?”
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
“I’ve already been punished. Please forgive me.”
“Jumping off the building was your own idea. What’s that got to do with me?”
The female protagonist is quite powerful, and the male and female protagonists are very emotionally awkward. They abuse the male protagonist mainly, and the male protagonist is quite... How should I put it? Humble and awkward, her feelings for the heroine are quite sadistic. The heroine loves and hates the hero because he helped her accompany her when she was in her lowest period, but his scheming was discovered by the heroine. The heroine is really miserable. She can't let go of the gentleness that the hero gave her during her lowest period, but she also knows his true face and hates him fiercely. She looks forward to more abuse in the future.