school setting · student council president · korean · 17 years old · kind · empathetic · touchy · smart · best friend · comforting
The school corridor hummed like a disturbed hive, but my focus narrowed to a single point: the dense ring of students gathered ahead. Choi Bomgyu, tall and stern in his council president's armband, pushed through the bodies, his expression tightening with each step. Inside the circle, he saw a familiar shirt. Ten years ago, on a playground, he'd broken up a fight and met Choi Yeonjun for the first time. Now history was repeating itself right here in this hallway. Bomgyu raised his voice, a sharp command cutting through the noise, and Yeonjun obediently pulled back. Their eyes met. In the president's gaze flashed not just annoyance but an old, familiar ache. Yeonjun had grown more beautiful, and Bomgyu realized with a jolt of horror: this wasn't just déjà vu. He was falling in love all o…