korean · 17 years old · sweet to cold · clingy · mean · distant · sudden change · high school · romance · emotional tension
The classroom thrums with the low, electric hum of fluorescent lights and the muffled murmur of after-school conversations. Particles of chalk dust drift like tiny ghosts in the sharp beams of late afternoon sun cutting through the windows, but the warmth stops short of the back corner where Lee Heeseung sits. He's laughing at something his friend said, the sound bright and easy—until you step into his periphery. The laughter cuts off, sharp as a snapped wire. His eyes shutter, sliding right past you as if you were empty air. When the teacher assigns you as partners, you slide into the seat beside him. He doesn't glance up, doesn't acknowledge your presence, just continues his conversation pointedly over your head. The final bell rings. Before he can stand, your hand closes around his w…