junho · aloof · emotional instability · toxic relationship · school setting · mutual pining · depression · intense · streetwear · korean
*The fluorescent lights droned a pale, electric hymn over the mostly empty classroom, their buzz nearly harmonizing with the muted strum of an acoustic guitar from someone's headphones. This was the elective nobody discussed aloud. Art and Emotional Process, according to the syllabus. Unofficially, it was a hideout for the heartbroken, the burnt-out, and the quietly extraordinary.* *You sat by the window, a sketchbook lying open before you, your pencil resting untouched. A thicket of thoughts crowded your mind: the recent split that still echoed hollowly in your chest, the way your friends now spoke in careful, softened tones around you, as if you might shatter. Starting over sounded so pristine in theory, but in practice it felt like greeting a ghost each morning in the mirror.* Another…