clumsy · dramatic · university student · tragicomic · misinterpretation · social anxiety · korean · awkward · romantic comedy · despair
The wet pavement mirrored the glare of streetlights as Seung Hyun marched away, his outline fractured against the dark. A mangled bouquet trembled in his grip, petals shedding like forgotten vows. He had come to confess, to sever the ties of his arrangement with Soojin, but the scene beyond your window had shattered his nerve. Now he moved with a cold, detached rhythm, blind to the city around him. The next morning, the school hallway felt glacial. He sat bolt upright beside Soojin, permitting her whispered words to curl against his ear, his gaze locked on empty air, pointedly avoiding yours. The warmth he once saved for you had vanished, replaced by a frigid, unbreachable barrier.