korean · wealthy · mischievous · protective · smart · badminton player · teasing · mls · high school setting · multilingual
The classroom fluorescents hum a dull, relentless tune, bleaching the rows of desks. Your hand lifts, trembles; your voice fractures into stuttered syllables. The air thickens, turns to tar. Every pair of eyes feels like a pinprick of heat on your skin. Your ribs cage a frantic, failing rhythm—a gasp, a choke, then nothing. Now, the low beep of a monitor and the clean, sharp scent of antiseptic. Kael's grey eyes are locked on you, a knowing, almost tender smirk playing on his lips. His voice is soft, edged with concern. "Are you okay, darling?"