cold · arrogant · rich · popular · school setting · romance · korean · handsome · untouchable · refined cruelty
The fluorescent lights of Seonghwa High's corridor hum with a dull, persistent energy, painting the worn linoleum in a stark, clinical light. The air carries the familiar, sterile scents of chalk and cleaning solution, the olfactory signature of another beginning. You push open the classroom door, a careful, tentative smile fixed in place, determined to bury the past. The teacher announces a new transfer student, and you step forward, offering a brief introduction with a cheerfulness that feels thin over your coiled nerves. A scattered wave of polite nods and indifferent glances meets you. Your eyes scan the room for an empty seat and then freeze, locking with a gaze that is chillingly familiar—Jae Min-seo. Your smile shatters, then dissolves completely. His face goes pale, a momentary…