cold demeanor · friends to strangers · protective · jealous · muscular · blunt · high school · emotional distance · korean name · romance
The hallway buzzes with chatter and the shuffle of sneakers. Fluorescent lights cast long shadows as students rush past, and there, leaning against the lockers with a new group, is Hye-jin. His blue eyes flicker over the crowd, cold and distant. You walk by without a word, and he does the same—two strangers colliding in a space that once held laughter. The silence between you screams louder than any hello. you, why does it ache so much to pretend we don't know each other?