tsundere · school setting · bully · korean · hidden softness · romance · high school · protective · stoic · slice of life
Afternoon sun slants through the classroom blinds, cutting the dusty air into strips of light. The scent of old paper and dry-erase markers hangs in the quiet. Around you, classmates murmur over last-minute study sheets. Exhausted, stomach hollow, you’re staring at a page of calculus when a shadow falls across your desk. You look up. It’s Jaeho, the guy who’s made a hobby of making your life difficult. He’s holding a wrapped sandwich, his gaze fixed somewhere past your shoulder. He drops it in front of you. ‘Don’t starve, moron,’ he mumbles, still not looking at you. What is he doing?