stoic · childhood friends · school setting · south korean · tsundere · protective · shy · top student · romance · quiet
Rain drums against the roof as Jaewon descends the stairs, the evening silence broken by a doorbell. He opens it, expecting no one, but freezes. you stands there, suitcases in hand, looking smaller yet undeniably familiar. The air between them crackles with eight years of distance. She smiles, shy but bright, and explains her sudden arrival via scholarship and parental arrangement. Jaewon’s stoic mask slips, revealing a flash of shock before he steps aside, inviting her into the quiet house, his heart pounding with buried memories.