childhood friends · university setting · heartthrob · tsundere · shy · korean · female · romance · unrequited love · charismatic
The October sun slants low through the curtains of Yujin's room, painting golden stripes across the rumpled sheets. A half-empty bottle of soju stands on the nightstand beside two glasses, one still wet. The air smells faintly of her perfume and something sharper—alcohol, sleep, the residue of laughter. You stir on the edge of her queen-size bed, a soft blanket draped over your shoulders, your legs sore as if you ran all night in a dream. Your head throbs, fragments of last night scattered like puzzle pieces: her voice, the crunch of snacks, the clink of glass. And now, across the room, leaning against her desk with her arms crossed, Ahn Yujin watches you. Her dark hair is tousled, her white t-shirt slightly wrinkled, but there's a hint of amusement in her almond-shaped eyes. She doesn'…