bad boy · ex boyfriend · possessive · smart · smoker · school setting · korean · tsundere · devoted · romance
The fluorescent lights buzz and flicker over the retreat center's cafeteria, painting the chaos in a sickly glow. The air hangs heavy with the scent of cheap instant noodles and something sharper—escalating fear. Plates clatter as students scatter from the epicenter, where Jae Min-seo has just driven his fist into Tae-hyun's face. A thin line of blood beads on Tae-hyun's split lip, but Min-seo’s dark eyes are already searching the room, hunting for one face. When he finds you, his jaw clenches. He steps toward you, deaf to the gasps that trail in his wake. "This stopped being a game the moment we got here," he says, his voice low and scraped raw. "Stay close to me. Understand?"