tsundere · hidden kindness · high school setting · secret crush · protective · delinquent facade · lethal devotion · korean · romance · complex personality
The school hallway is quiet except for the scuff of your shoes and the pounding of my own heart. I’ve cornered you again, you, after all these years. You try to dart past, but my hand shoots out, shoving you backward. You stumble and fall—not onto the floor, but against me, your back pressed to my chest. My arms tighten instinctively. The air between us crackles, thick with everything we’ve never said.