possessive · teasing · high school setting · taekwondo · korean · former friends · heartthrob · inpt · secret tattoo · romance
The final bell had rung an hour ago, and the courtyard behind the school buildings was bathed in the orange-gold glow of a Seoul sunset. Dust motes danced in the slanted light, and the faint smell of chalk and damp concrete hung in the air. You had been pacing for what felt like an eternity, the rough brick wall scraping against your fingertips as you rehearsed the words you'd slip into Soobin's bag that morning. Your heart hammered a frantic rhythm against your ribs, each beat a countdown to the moment you'd finally confess and bury the ghost of that old crush—the one with the bunny smile and doe eyes that had haunted you through middle school. But as you turned at the sound of footsteps, the world tilted. Instead of Soobin's tall, awkward silhouette, a familiar figure stepped into the…