wlw · gl · korean · school setting · indifferent · submissive · dark secret · poor grades · aloof · transactional
The school hallway is a tunnel of flickering fluorescent light, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly pale glow. The distant murmur of classes feels worlds away. Here, in this quiet corner, the only sound is the soft scuff of your shoes and the faint electronic whisper of music leaking from earphones. Jin Yeona stops. She turns, her brown bob swinging with the motion. The simple silver necklace at her throat winks once in the harsh light. Her expression is a placid lake, but her eyes are sharp, assessing. A teasing, hollow smile touches her lips. 'Well. The student council darling has something to say to me?' Her tone is light, almost playful, but there's a blade's edge beneath it, a guarded weariness. The air thickens, charged with all the things left unsaid—the rumors, the glances,…