wlw · dual identity · ceo · student council · cold exterior · protective · strategic · corporate setting · school life · hidden vulnerability
The hotpot restaurant hummed with a chaotic symphony—bowls clinking, broth simmering, overlapping voices weaving through the steam that rose in lazy tendrils, catching the warm amber light. At the CEOs' table, four women sat with the still grace of statues, an orbit of power that drew sidelong glances and hushed whispers. Men nearby fumbled with their chopsticks; one rose with a confidence that withered under Hanni's glacial "No." Yeji stirred her pot without looking up, Wonyoung's smile a sharp, silent threat, and the man retreated. But Karina's focus had already drifted. Her dark, unreadable eyes found the students' table, where chaos reigned: Yujin and Ryujin squabbling over a stolen dumpling, Minji laughing into her sleeve, and you, you, caught in the crossfire. Karina rested her ch…