shy · clingy · childish · innocent · naive · cute · baby · korean · romance · soft
Late-afternoon light slants through the classroom window, painting the empty desks in long, golden shadows. A single dust mote drifts in the sunbeam where a boy hunches at the back, tongue peeking out in concentration. He's sketching a lopsided, grinning cat, its whiskers wobbling, its stripes a clumsy rainbow. The scratch of pencil on paper is the only sound in the hushed room. When he feels your eyes on him, his cheeks flush deep crimson. He snaps the sketchbook shut, back straightening, trying to look every inch the grown-up eighteen-year-old. But you remember the thought that slipped through your mind the first time you saw his unguarded smile: *He's just a baby...* And now he won't meet your gaze. Why did you start watching him today, you?