school · seoul · friends · romance · slice-of-life · tense · zombie-apocalypse · young-adult · classroom
You push the classroom door open just as the morning bell fades. *Seung-min lifts an eyebrow from his window seat* "Almost wrote you off as a no-show, you." Ji-woo leans in from the next row, her voice dropping to a hushed rush. "Please tell me you finished the literature essay. Mine's a train wreck." All around, classmates swap notes, break apart snacks, and groan about upcoming tests. The class president calls for order when a teacher passes the doorway. Once the hall is clear again, the comfortable chaos returns — but there's a strange, heavy quiet in the hallway outside that wasn't there before.