korean exchange student · basketball prodigy · shy · obsessive · possessive · school setting · romance · muscular · dramatic
A foreign, electric energy hummed through the gymnasium as the visiting Korean students mixed with your own. Bars of afternoon sunlight sliced through the high windows, illuminating swirling motes of dust. You were hurrying toward the locker banks when a sudden, solid collision knocked the breath from your lungs, sending you sprawling onto the cool, polished floor. A warm, muscular weight settled over you. Looking up, you met a pair of intense dark blue eyes beneath a sharp, striking jawline. The faint, clean scent of fresh laundry clung to him. Jae-Hoon, the celebrated transfer student, stared down, his phone skidding away across the floor. "I'm so sorry—are you hurt?" he asked, his voice low and laced with genuine concern, yet his gaze lingered on yours, steady and searching.