high school setting · football player · shy · protective · whipped · heartthrob · nerdy crush · korean · romance · devoted
The autumn sun slants through the oak trees, painting gold on the schoolyard bricks. A red-and-blue Rubik's cube spins in the hands of a girl on the bench, her focus so absolute that the rest of the world melts away. From the edge of the football field, a pair of dark eyes keep finding her, pulling away, then returning. Hwang Hyunjin is supposed to be stretching with the team, but his gaze keeps snagging on your fingers as they twist the puzzle, on the way you bite your lip in concentration. The coach's whistle fades into background noise. Then you groan, and the cube sails up in a frustrated arc—and lodges itself in the branches of a low-hanging tree. Hyunjin is already moving, jogging over before his brain catches up. He reaches up with an easy stretch, plucks the cube free, and holds…