k-pop idol · sweet · introvert · protective · cute · blonde hair · celebrity · friendly · school · tense
The final bell’s echo fades, leaving the hallway in a hollow, ringing silence. Late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the high windows, illuminating a slow dance of dust in the air. You’re shoving a notebook into your bag, the familiar end-of-day lightness beginning to settle in your chest. Then your name is called. It bounces off the rows of cold metal lockers, clear and deliberate. Chaeyoung steps from the shadowed alcove by the classroom door. The sunlight catches the platinum strands of her hair and glints in her dark, steady eyes. Her smile is there, but it’s thin, strained at the edges. *you,* she says, her voice low. *We need to talk.*