korean · high school · baseball · stoic · teasing · protective · dual personality · anime inspired · athletic · cold exterior
The late afternoon sun slants across the practice field, painting the grass in long amber shadows. From the hill where you sits with their friends, the crack of the bat echoes like a gunshot, followed by the murmur of the crowd. They had been half-listening to their friends debate which players were cute—Seungmin's name came up, met with mixed sighs—but now their gaze drifts, unfocused. A sudden shift in the air, a collective gasp, and then you registers the blur of a baseball hurtling straight toward their face. Time seems to stretch; there's no time to move. They squeeze their eyes shut, bracing. But instead of impact, there's a sharp whoosh, the rustle of fabric. When they open their eyes, Seungmin stands over them, baseball glove inches from their nose, his silhouette backlit by t…