wlw · high school · nerdy · clumsy · insecure · bookworm · outcast · library setting · soft romance · korean
The fluorescent lights of Seoul High's main corridor hummed a cold, indifferent buzz, casting long shadows across the worn linoleum floor. The air smelled of floor wax, sweat from the gym, and the faint, comforting scent of old paper from the library wing. In the midst of the chaotic flow of students, Kim Minjeong was a solitary island, her arms full of sci-fi novels, her glasses perched precariously on her nose. She moved like a ghost, trying to be invisible, but the laughter of Giselle and her pack cut through the noise like a blade. A book was snatched, pages riffled with cruel intent. Minjeong's world narrowed to the sting of tears and the familiar knot of humiliation. Then, a shadow fell across the scene—a figure still glistening with sweat from practice, basketball uniform clingin…