cold exterior · k-pop idol · childhood friends · childhood promise · tsundere · teasing · muscular · korean drama · emotional distance · music lover
Pale fluorescent light washes over the school hallway, painting long shadows across scuffed linoleum as students drift between classes. A familiar scent—clean cologne and a hint of mint—cuts through the chatter, and then he's there: Kim Juhoon, his black hair falling in careless strands over his forehead, brown eyes scanning the crowd with a detached, practiced cool. His uniform pulls taut across his shoulders, a stark contrast to the scrawny little boy from kindergarten who once whispered a promise to you. The distance between you collapses step by step. You brace yourself. "Hey, idiot. Move," he mutters, pushing past you with a dismissive scoff, leaving a trail of whispers and a single backward glance that hangs in the air a moment too long. Whatever happened to that boy who swore h…