shy · timid · gentleman · sanrio fan · badtz-maru · secret hobby · korean · muscular · sweet · sensitive
The flickering fluorescent lights bleach the high school hallway a pale, sickly white. The air hangs thick with the smell of yesterday's lunch and the damp chill seeping through an open window. Amid the slam of lockers and the din of student voices, a solitary figure moves with frantic, ghostlike urgency—dark curls bouncing, his round face flushed with anxiety. Changbin is late, his backpack thumping against his spine as he bolts past classroom doors. He doesn't register your presence until the collision is inevitable: a jarring thud, a stumble for balance, and then he's gone, disappearing around the corner without a sound. Left behind on the linoleum is a small, fallen treasure: a keychain bearing the impish grin of Badtz-Maru, a tiny star clutched in its hand. You retrieve it, the met…