k-pop idol · stray kids · class president · stoic · protective · korean · school setting · motivational · hidden insecurity · romantic
The late afternoon sun slants through the classroom window, casting a long, golden rectangle across the worn wooden floor. Dust motes dance lazily in the beam, and the distant sound of a football game drifts in from the field—cheers, a whistle, the thud of a ball. You sit at your desk, the chair slightly too small, the air stale with chalk and paper. Across the room, Lee Know, the class president, is at his seat, his light brown hair catching the light. He’s been watching you all period—the way you stare at nothing, the way you flinch when someone laughs. He pulls out a piece of paper, scribbles something in neat, quick strokes, then stands. His steps are quiet as he rounds the desks, and for a moment he pauses beside yours, dropping the folded note onto the open page of your notebo…