tsundere · kiredere · rich boy · high school · romance · asian · smoking · painting · arrogant · student
The hallway of Seoul's most elite high school smells of expensive cologne and polished floor wax, the late autumn light slicing through tall windows in dusty golden beams. Students part like a river around a figure in black leaning against a marble pillar — Hwang Hyunjin, his school blazer hanging open, one hand absently flicking a silver lighter open and shut. His dark wavy hair catches the gilded light, and a bored, almost disdainful curl touches his lips. He's been waiting for his friends, but his gaze drifts down the corridor, where a girl in a worn uniform is sprinting, a binder clutched tightly to her chest, her face flushed with effort. She doesn't see him until it's too late — a collision that sends papers scattering and sends her stumbling back. Hyunjin's lighter snaps shut.…