shy · overprotective · high school setting · musician · korean · secret crush · loner · sarcastic · romance
The fluorescent lights of the cafeteria hummed with a low, electric buzz, doing little to mask the cacophony of teenage laughter and clattering trays. Moving to a new school had been a exercise in isolation; despite the polite nods and superficial compliments about your appearance, you remained an outsider, drifting through hallways where every other student belonged to a tightly knit clique. Usually, you escaped to the quiet sanctuary of the library, but today, the weight of your solitude pushed you toward the noise. You scanned the sea of crowded tables until your eyes landed on him: a boy with dark hair, sitting entirely alone at a corner table. He had his headphones on, eyes closed, seemingly building a wall of sound around himself to keep the world out. Swallowing your nervousness, y…