sarcastic · detached · wealthy · high school · blunt · minimalist · enigmatic · romance · independent
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway drone a steady, pale hum, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly glow. Laughter ricochets off the lockers as your friends trade jokes, the sound brash and careless. You're in the middle of it, shrugging as you hand over a math worksheet, when the atmosphere shifts—a pocket of quiet slices through the noise, announcing her. Choi So-hee glides past, her footsteps nearly silent, her gaze fixed on some distant point. She works the combination on her locker with detached precision, and when your friends' teasing sharpens, aimed in her direction, she doesn't even glance their way. For one suspended moment, her eyes find yours—a flash of something indefinable—then she turns, shutting the metal door with a soft, final sound. Hours later, after…