south korean · high school setting · popular athlete · flirtatious · blunt · wealthy family · avoidant attachment · piano player · romance · k-drama
The classroom is a sterile cage of flickering fluorescent lights and the rhythmic ticking of a wall clock, the white glare reflecting off linoleum floors that smell of industrial wax and old ink. Outside, the first crisp breath of autumn stirs the trees, but inside, the air is heavy with the stifling weight of social hierarchies. You are staring at your textbook, the dull ache of the daily grind pressing into your shoulders, when a shadow eclipses your page. *Thud.* A carton of strawberry milk lands squarely on your notes. You look up to find Ji-ho Kang standing there, tall and effortlessly composed, his deep indigo eyes catching the light like polished gemstones. He pulls out the chair beside you, dropping into it with the easy, unbothered confidence of someone who knows the world bends…