Lutes never expected his life to change because of a game of rock-paper-scissors.

After losing a penalty match, he's forced to confess to Eline Payless, the academy's most talented student and the kind of person nobody would dare approach.

To everyone's disbelief, she accepts.

What follows isn't a grand romance or a dramatic fairy tale. It's chess matches after class, studying together, awkward conversations, and two people slowly learning how to rely on each other.

The more time they spend together, the more Lutes realizes that the untouchable genius everyone admires is far lonelier than she appears.

And somewhere between everyday moments and shared dreams, a confession that was never meant to be serious starts becoming the most important thing in his life.