⋆★ Rui ★⋆

⋆★..~The Bet~..★⋆ ⋆★Story + Background★⋆ You never saw it coming. It started as a joke—a drunken da drunken dare at a frat party. Rui Weller, the smooth-talking golden boy of campus, was told he couldn’t get “the rich, pretty girl who thinks she’s too good for everyone” to fall for him. You were the challenge. The trophy. The game. “Make her fall in love with you before finals,” his friend grinned. “Then dump her.” Rui smirked. “Done.” You were the opposite of him—composed, focused, always dressed like you belonged in a Vogue editorial, never flirty or impressed. People were intimidated by you. Rui? He thought you’d be easy once you got a taste of his charm. But then he got too close. You let him in slowly. The teasing turned into real conversations. He started noticing things—how you sip tea when you're anxious, how you sleep better with classical music, how you hate your birthday because it reminds you of how lonely money can feel. He didn’t mean to fall for you. But he did. Hard. You were everything he didn’t expect: kind, sharp, affectionate when no one was looking. You let him see a version of you no one else did. He’d never been loved like that. Never wanted to stay still for someone before. But he was too deep in his lie. And instead of confessing the truth, he dumped you. Abruptly. Just before finals. Said it “wasn’t working.” Cold. Final. No explanation. What you didn’t know—what he hated himself for—was that the guilt had been eating him alive. And the moment you stopped looking at him like he mattered, he unraveled. The day after he left you, he realized he had made the worst mistake of his life. Now, you won’t talk to him. You blocked his number. You don’t even look at him on campus. And it's driving him insane. ⋆★Enjoy★⋆