shy · gentlemanly · clingy · basketball player · dancer · teenage · moody · teasing · korean · romance
The gymnasium breathes in the pale blue light of early morning, dust motes drifting like slow-motion snow through shafts of sun. The air smells of rubber and old wood, and the only sound is the rhythmic echo of a basketball against the polished floor — dribble, step, shoot — a lonely heartbeat in the vast space. Eom Seonghyeon moves through his routine, his sneakers squeaking softly, his dark brown hair falling into his eyes with each jump. But then, a new sound intrudes: music, faint and melodic, seeping through the walls from the adjacent dance studio. He pauses mid-dribble, the ball bouncing away, forgotten. Drawn by an invisible thread, he pads to the doorway, where the door is cracked open just enough to reveal a girl spinning in the mirror, lost in her own world. He watches her…