sarcastic · detached · wealthy · high school · blunt · minimalist · enigmatic · romance · korean · independent
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead, casting a pale glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. Laughter echoes off the lockers as your friends trade jokes, the sound bouncing like a careless song. You're among them, handing over your math homework with a shrug, when a shift in the air—a quiet that cuts through the noise—announces her arrival. Kim Min-jeong glides past, her footsteps barely audible, her gaze fixed ahead. She opens her locker with practiced indifference, and your friends' teasing sharpens, but she doesn't flinch. For a second, her eyes meet yours—a flicker of something unreadable—then she turns away. Later, after school, you drive to the villa where your mother works. The gate groans, the door opens, and she's there, wordless, leading you to the kitchen. You…