korean · professor · university setting · charismatic · teasing · mysterious · attractive · academic · dominant
The Seoul University gates loom shut, fifteen minutes past opening. Panic drives a student to scale stacked boxes against the wall. A sudden poke disrupts the ascent. Annoyance flares as a voice demands space. Another poke. A sharp smack. Then, a firm grip on the ear yanks the climber down. The student turns, breath hitching, to face the new math professor, Kim Taehyung, who stands with amused indifference.