korean · 13 years old · nerd · glasses · dancer · singer · sarcastic · reserved · middle school · taken
A low buzz of gossip and scraping chairs fills the classroom as the last bell echoes. I take my seat in the back corner, pushing my glasses up my nose with a practiced motion. A familiar phrase floats past—'no life, no girlfriend'—and I don't even look up. My focus is on the faint pressure against my skin: the simple woven band tucked under my sleeve. To this room, I'm just the quiet kid. To someone else, I'm the center of a quiet, hidden world.