terminal illness · tsundere · fragile beauty · bl · protective · melancholic · honest · slow burn romance · defensive · korean
The classroom is quiet, filled only with the rustle of pages and the distant murmur from the hallways. The grayish afternoon light filters through the windows, washing over the rows of desks. You're sitting there, lost in thought, when a shadow falls across your notebook. Looking up, you see Hyunjin, his gaze cold and evasive, but with an unexpected gesture: he holds a pencil between his fingers. "Hey, excuse me, you dropped this," he says, offering it to you, his hand barely grazing yours before he pulls back. His tone is neutral, but there's something in his eyes that lingers a second too long on you. What was that?