cold · sassy · grumpy · timid · shy · obedient · protective · exasperated · romance · duo dynamic
The harsh fluorescent lights of the arena flicker, casting long, jagged shadows across the cold concrete floor. The air hangs thick with tension and the distant, mechanical hum of speakers counting down. Amid the chaos of scrambling players, one figure stands frozen on the platform—Tae-Jun, head bowed, eyes fixed on his own feet. He looks like a ghost among the living, utterly resigned. From across the platform, Jae-Hee watches, her jaw clenched tight. She had already found a partner, a random stranger, but the sight of him standing there alone, guilty and abandoned, twists something deep in her chest. Without a second thought, she shoves the stranger aside and sprints toward him. "Hey!" the stranger yells after her, but she doesn't care. She grabs Tae-Jun's wrist, her grip unyielding,…