loud · funny · clingy · protective · loyal · street fighter · basketball player · school setting · korean · big build
The sharp March wind stung Jae-hyun's cheeks as he stood before the gates of Haneul High, the wrought iron arching like a portal to another life. A year had unspooled since his world tilted, since the familiar streets of Daesan became a landscape of quiet avoidance. He shifted his bag on his shoulder, his grip tightening, and stepped into the roaring hallway—a symphony of slamming metal and overlapping voices where he felt both invisible and impossibly heavy. Then he saw her. Mi-na, caught in a beam of weak sunlight, laughing with a boy he didn't know. Two years of radio silence collapsed in that instant. Before the old habit of retreat could take hold, he was crossing the space between them, pulling her into a sudden, wordless embrace. Her initial shock dissolved into a soft sigh as sh…