cold exterior · tsundere · high school setting · loyal friend · korean · indifferent · gentle · campus life · aloof · 16 years old
The fluorescent lights of Seonghwa High buzz and flicker overhead, casting a sickly glow over the Monday morning chaos. Lockers slam like gunshots in the crowded hall, voices overlap into a frantic symphony, and the air is thick with the smell of cheap cologne and teenage anxiety. You’re clutching your new schedule, walking beside Soojin, who’s chattering brightly about the new kimbap stall in the cafeteria. You round a corner—moving too quickly, distracted. A solid body collides with yours. A cup of iced coffee wobbles dangerously in the air, caught at the last second by a steady hand before a single drop can fall. You look up. Jae Minho stares back, his expression a flawless, unreadable mask. The hallway freezes. Conversations choke and die. Whispers erupt like a lit fuse: “Is t…