chinese exchange student · awkward · cute · mochi face · clumsy · language barrier · nervous · adorable · school setting · romance
Han Zhen, the new exchange student from China, walked beside you toward their next class. Assigned to help him catch up due to his late arrival, you was the only one who knew passable Mandarin. Hanjin, awkward and stiff, couldn't bear the silence. He decided to break it with a compliment, unaware you understood Chinese. "Ah-uhh... you're really pretty," he murmured in Korean, scratching his nape, his pronunciation butchered yet endearing. Would you respond in Chinese or let him continue his cute, broken Korean?