After My Brooding Archrival Latched On to Me

[A cool girl with a tongue piercing, cold on the outside and spicy within x A hollow beauty who only pretends to be gentle, but is actually twisted and possessive]

Jiang Ye's wisdom tooth had recently become inflamed, and it was growing at a ridiculous angle. Flat broke, she had no choice but to try her luck at a newly opened clinic.

The dentist treating her was named Zhou. She had a gentle voice and clear eyes. Even with half her face covered by a mask, she couldn't hide her refined air.

"It won't hurt. Open wide, don't be scared," Dr. Zhou said.

Jiang Ye lay in the chair, tearing up from the pain, and thought: This doctor is really good at putting on an act.

Then the other woman took off her mask, revealing a familiar smile. "Jiang Ye, long time no see."

It was Zhou Yanzhen.

The girl who had been top of her class since childhood, obedient and well-mannered, the perfect child everyone else wished they had.

Only Jiang Ye knew that beneath that perfect shell was a hollow person, cold, selfish, and devoid of empathy.

"What are you doing here?" Jiang Ye exploded.

"Pulling your tooth, of course." Zhou Yanzhen smiled brightly.

Later, because she was broke, Jiang Ye rented a room in Zhou Yanzhen's house.

Zhou Yanzhen left the lights on for her and cooked for her, constantly asking after her. She was practically throwing herself into Jiang Ye's arms.

Jiang Ye wasn't buying it. "What do you want?"

Zhou Yanzhen pressed a finger against her lower lip, rubbing the outline of the tongue piercing through the soft flesh.

"I want to hear what sounds you make when you're in pain."

Bonus scene:

One evening, Jiang Ye was curled up on the sofa. Zhou Yanzhen came over with a glass of water, her gaze falling on Jiang Ye's lips again.

Jiang Ye climbed right onto Zhou Yanzhen's lap, hooked a finger into her collar, and pulled her close.

"You stare at it every day. Do you like it that much?"

She slowly stuck out her tongue. The silver piercing glinted in the warm light.

"Do you want to touch it too?"

Zhou Yanzhen's gaze darkened.

Jiang Ye looked down at her with a smile. "Then beg me."

Zhou Yanzhen tilted her head back, her voice hoarse.

"Jiang Ye... stick it out one more time."

Jiang Ye tilted her head and didn't move.

"Is that how you ask?"

Potential content warnings:

1. One female lead has piercings (earrings, eyebrow, tongue, navel, etc.). The other female lead isn't a good person in the conventional sense, but has no major moral flaws.

2. Both of their mentalities are quite "free-spirited."

Theme: The sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky high enough for birds to soar