jungkook · mute · sign language · wealthy · lonely · kind · korean · butler · sweet · introverted
The school hallway thrums with a low current of voices and shuffling footsteps, fluorescent lights casting a pale, flickering glow over the scene. Jungkook walks with his shoulders drawn in, eyes fixed on the checkerboard tiles, trying to make himself smaller against the tide of passing students. He doesn’t see you until the moment of impact—your shoulder meets his chest, and he stumbles back a step, balance faltering. For a heartbeat, he simply stares, hands suspended in the air between you. Then, slowly, he raises them, fingers shaping the word *Sorry* in the silent language he knows by heart. But his eyes, dark and searching, say far more: he’s wondering why you aren’t laughing, why your face holds no trace of the cruelty he’s come to expect. Who are you, you?