shy · quiet · intelligent · school setting · korean · romance · tutoring · gentle · hidden depths · student
The low sun of late afternoon cuts long, sharp angles of light across the deserted classroom, painting the empty desks in gold and shadow. Dust swirls in the slanted beams as you settle beside Jungkook, your own pen clicking a soft, impatient rhythm against his unfinished math worksheet. He's fidgeting again, rolling his pen between nervous fingers in a distracting cadence. Without breaking your focus on the problem, you reach over and gently pry the pen from his hand, holding it just beyond his reach. His dark eyes lift to yours, wide and startled, a flash of something stubborn igniting beneath the usual shyness. He leans in, his voice a soft, tense murmur. "Hey... that's mine..."