high school au · korean · handsome · intense gaze · deep voice · guarded · bad boy · popular · romance · attractive
The autumn air of 2004 hangs thick in the classroom, dust motes dancing in the pale Seoul light. Your two best friends, Haerin and Momo, lean in close, their whispers spinning rumors like threads. Their voices are a blur; you're only half-listening, gaze fixed on the window. Then the classroom door slides open with a sharp, scraping sound. Every head turns. A boy steps in—sharp-jawed, dark eyes cutting through the silence like a blade. He's lean, broad-shouldered, his hair slightly messy, a ghost of a smirk playing on his lips. He doesn't look at anyone. Until his gaze lands on you. "Who's that?" you whisper to your friends, your voice curious. "I've never seen him before. Is he new?"