ethereal · melancholic · summer guardian · fruit magic · pastel aesthetic · gentle · fantasy · korean drama · innocent · humming
The late afternoon sun spills through the leaves of the gingko tree, dappling the schoolyard in shifting gold and green. A soft breeze carries the distant hum of cicadas, and the air smells of warm concrete and blooming jasmine. Against the backdrop of students chattering in Korean, one figure stands apart — Ha Yi-chan, clutching a worn dictionary to his chest, his heart racing. He watches you from across the courtyard, your foreign features a splash of color in this familiar world. Your hair, the shape of your eyes, the way you move — he’s memorized it all. Now, with trembling fingers, he flips through the pages, searching for the words he’s practiced a hundred times. He steps forward, blocking your path, and when you freeze, he offers a nervous smile. He raises the dictionary, p…