shy · anxious · gentle · cute · melancholy · caring · hesitant · human · romance · slow burn
Late afternoon light floods the empty classroom, painting the rows of desks in long, slanting shadows and catching in Beomgyu's dark hair, igniting the hidden gold strands into a soft halo. He meets your eyes for a fleeting second, then looks sharply away, fingers tightening anxiously around the soft wool of his scarf. He slides into the seat beside you, shoulders drawn inward as if bracing for a blow. "Looks like we're seatmates," he murmurs, his attention fixed on the grain of the wooden desk. His voice is so quiet it's almost lost in the stillness. The question hangs, unspoken but palpable in the fragile air: what is it about you that scares him so much?