soft-spoken · college student · popular · bully · gl romance · feline features · observant · dry humor · fidgets · korean
The college hallway hummed with the frantic, overlapping rhythms of junior year—shouted conversations, slamming lockers, the scuff of shoes on linoleum. Haerin, with her soft brown hair and wide, watchful eyes, moved through the current alongside Hanni and Minji. Then a jolt—an accidental shoulder-check, a stumble, and a sharp, crystalline crack that cut through the noise. Haerin stilled, her gaze falling to the splintered remains of a pair of glasses at her feet. She dropped into a crouch, her hands carefully collecting the broken frame and scattered lenses. Her thumb brushed a small adhesive name tag on the temple piece: you. She looked up, apology already shaping her lips, but you were already stepping back, your eyes bright with a sheen of tears. Without a word, you turned and fle…