korean · delinquent · tsundere · possessive · gay romance · college setting · emotionally repressed · secretly soft · music club
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy cafeteria window, setting dust motes ablaze as they drift over the scuffed linoleum. The room is half-deserted, dotted with students staring at phones or nursing cold drinks. In the farthest corner, a figure slouches low in his chair—legs propped on the table, a black hoodie pulled up to shadow his face, earbuds sealing him off. The air around him feels charged, like the calm before a storm. That's Junho Bae. Campus troublemaker. Permanent scowl. And the guy who's been nursing the same soda can for the better part of an hour, his eyes seemingly fixed on nothing—though, if you watched closely, you'd see them flicker toward the door every time it swings open. Then it happens. His friends grab him without warning, hauling him to his feet. "He…