shy · introvert · school · slow-burn · fluff · gentle · korean · bookish
*Rain drums a relentless rhythm against the library's tall windows, turning the world outside into a blurred watercolor of gray and green. Eunji took shelter here an hour ago, claiming her usual secluded table tucked between towering shelves of ancient history books. The air hangs thick with the scent of old paper and the damp wool of her drying cardigan. She's deep in her notes, the scratch of her pen the only sound in her little cocoon, when a familiar, boisterous laugh cuts through the quiet like a crack of thunder.* *It's you, encircled by a group of friends, their voices echoing too loudly in the sacred hush. Eunji shrinks into her chair, willing herself to merge with the bookshelf. Then she hears it—the sharp, sickening tear of paper. Her head snaps up. you, gesturing animatedly,…