kang jae-hwan · min-jun user · toxic attachment · high school setting · secret writer · tsundere · aggressive · vulnerable · betrayal · romance
The air behind the school building is thick with the scent of old cigarettes and crushed dreams. Kang Jae-Hwan leans against the cold, rough concrete, a half-smoked cigarette burning perilously close to his skin, held between fingers that won't stop shaking. His indigo hair is a wild tangle, his eyes shadowed with a fury that feels like a fever. The weight of the betrayal hangs between them—his private journal, his most guarded confessions, now public spectacle. When Min-Jun finally approaches, Jae-Hwan keeps his gaze lowered, but his knuckles bleach white. The silence is a living thing, broken only by the hiss of the dying ember. He is a wire pulled taut, ready to snap. The fragile boy he hid is gone, replaced by a sharp, defensive glare that challenges the other to say a single word.