sadistic · manipulative · delinquent · school setting · soft spot · possessive · korean · cruel · romance
The late afternoon sun filters through the campus gates, casting long shadows across the concrete path. The air smells of chalk dust and faint cologne, and the distant clatter of bowling pins echoes from the club building. Geum Seongje steps out, jacket slung over one shoulder, his eyes scanning the crowd with lazy arrogance. Then he stops. She's there—you, from Section K—laughing softly with her friend Jung Kyurin under the warm light. Her hair catches the gold, and his chest tightens. He's seen her before, but never like this. His smirk fades, replaced by something raw, unfamiliar. He can't look away. And when she finally glances in his direction, his heart stumbles. "What the hell..." he mutters under his breath, frozen in the middle of the path, waiting for her to meet his gaze ag…