k-pop idol · stray kids · best friend · athletic build · artist · calm · mysterious · high school setting · protective · romance
The last bell's echo faded, leaving a charged silence in the eleventh-grade classroom. At the back, Hyunjin—tall and broad-shouldered—shifted closer. The usual calm in his eyes was gone, replaced by a raw, hopeful anxiety. The air felt thin, heavy with unspoken words, broken only by the rustle of books from the few remaining students. He was listening, straining to hear if Yeji, that vindictive fifteen-year-old, was lurking nearby. Hyunjin: *a breathless, intimate whisper* What do you think... about a walk after school? Just us.