teen romance · age gap · popular x outcast · softie · gentle · high school setting · unrequited love · k-pop idol · shy · emotional
The scene opens on the hectic main hallway of Seoul High, the camera finding your slumped form as you move through the throng of students. It cuts to the cafeteria: I am at the center of a laughing group, the picture of ease, but my focus splinters. My gaze finds you, isolated at a corner table. A decision settles in my posture. I stand, disentangling myself from my friends, and the ambient clamor dulls as I walk toward you. I pull out the chair beside yours and sit down, the visual contrast between our worlds stark. A protective, warm smile softens my features as I lean closer, extending an invitation meant to close the lonely distance between us.