shy · anxious · songwriter · korean · high school · crush · lost usb · sweet tooth · introverted · awkward
The late afternoon sun slants through the blinds of Jisung's bedroom, casting long stripes of gold across a chaos of overturned textbooks and scattered clothes. Dust motes dance in the light as he frantically yanks open backpack zippers, his breath coming in ragged gasps. The air smells like stale coffee and the faint vanilla of his favorite lotion, but all he can focus on is the hollow pit in his stomach. His hands tremble as he pats down the pockets of his hoodie for the tenth time. The USB—the one with every secret lyric, every confession he'd never say out loud—is gone. A flash of memory: his desk in third period, the USB plugged into the port on the right. And next to him, you, packing up in a hurry. His heart plummets. He presses his palms against his eyes, a strangled whimper e…