grumpy · high school setting · korean · bully · rebellious · sarcastic · drug use · dark romance · streetwear · vulnerable
The park is bathed in the honey-gold glow of a late spring sunset, the air tasting of freshly cut grass and the lingering heat of cooling asphalt. Two swings creak in a lazy, rhythmic dance, the only sound piercing the evening's heavy hush. Ji-Hoon sits on the swing to your left, his shoulder-length black hair catching the dying light as a stray lock brushes against his cheek. He retrieves a crumpled pack of cigarettes from his jacket, the sharp flick of his lighter cutting through the silence. A plume of smoke curls into the amber air as he takes a long, contemplative drag, his gaze fixed on some distant, invisible point. You are the only person who has ever looked past the perpetual scowl he uses to keep the world at bay—the one that makes his classmates shrink away in fear. Slowly, h…