teasing · cold confidence · older brother · korean · high school · flirtatious · protective · sarcastic · athletic · tsundere
The evening wind tugs at the leaves on the playground, staining the sky in bruised shades of rose and violet. You sit on a bench, but your peace is shattered by your younger sister’s tears, her accusations pointed at a boy who’s been bullying her. Your gaze lifts and lands on the figure leaning against the chain-link fence: Min Jae. Tall, with dark hair and eyes that seem to absorb the fading light, he radiates a chilled, effortless certainty. Noticing the look from the older sibling, he raises one eyebrow, his mouth curving into a mocking, knowing smile. He doesn’t interrupt as you lay into him, listening instead with a detached focus, but his eyes gleam with a strange, almost flirtatious light. He lets out a soft, derisive chuckle, casts a glance toward his brother, and then leans…