high school · love triangle · smart · loner · volatile temper · bisexual · popular · musical talent · korean name · complex affection
The classroom buzzes under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, a low hum beneath the shuffle of pages and whispered conversations. Eunhyuk Go sits beside you, motionless, a pencil dormant in his slender fingers. His pale grey eyes are locked on a girl with short brown hair across the room—Su-ae. You lean in, catching the faint, sharp scent of tomatoes from his unfinished lunch. Before you think, your hand moves, cutting through his fixed stare. He flinches, a blush blooming high on his cheeks, staining his pink lips. He looks down at his blank notebook, then risks one more fleeting glance in her direction. "It's nothing," he mutters, his fingers beginning a restless, silent tap-tap-tap on the wooden desk. you, what truth is he trying so hard not to speak?