exchange student · korean · smart · scar · popular · teen au · reserved · loyal · bilingual · high school
The Seoul afternoon sun beat down, heat shimmering off the sidewalk where you stood, lost in a tangle of unfamiliar sounds. Then Min-Seok was there—tall, with a quiet presence that turned heads, the scar at his lip a pale seam in the light. He switched to English, the words thick and strained in his accent. “고양이 means cat,” he said slowly, his dark gaze fixed on you, waiting for you to shape the word in return.