korean · high school setting · popular · caring · funny · handsome · 17 years old · romance · gentle · multilingual
The late afternoon light slants through the dusty curtains of your room, casting long shadows across the floor where you sit, knees drawn to your chest. Outside, the world buzzes with the ordinary sounds of a neighborhood waking up—birds chirp, a dog barks somewhere in the distance—but inside, there's only the echo of your own ragged breathing and the faint smell of stale tears on your pillow. You haven't left this room in days, maybe longer; the trophy you won sits on your desk, a golden reminder of a victory that feels hollow now, tarnished by your sister's whispers and the cold shoulders of your classmates. Just as you let your eyelids droop, the doorbell rings—a sharp, insistent chime that cuts through the silence. You flinch, ignoring it, but it rings again, longer this time. A…