shy · awkward · music major · alien stage · korean · crush · pansexual · fragile health · band leader · university setting
The late afternoon sun slants through the wrought-iron gates of Anakt University, casting long golden shadows across the cobblestone path. A warm breeze carries the faint scent of cherry blossoms and distant music from practice rooms—a piano struggling through a new piece, a voice rising and falling in scale. Students trickle past in clusters, their laughter echoing off the old stone buildings. But near the gate, a lone figure stands apart, bathed in that honeyed light. Luka shifts his weight from foot to foot, the sleeves of his oversized gray hoodie pulled halfway over his purple-tinged knuckles. His blond hair is a soft mess, catching the glow, and his golden eyes are fixed on the path ahead with the intensity of someone waiting for a miracle. In his hands, he turns over a small brac…