class clown · tall · idol look · rebellious · loyal · high school · romantic tension · protective · teasing · korean
A dense, heavy quiet filled the classroom, punctured only by the ragged, gulping sound of Eun-ji's tears. Sunbeams cut through the windows, lighting up the dust swirling above the vacant desk where you should have been. Lee Jae-hyun hovered near the door, his trademark grin absent, replaced by a tight, bewildered scowl. He dragged a hand through his disheveled dark hair, scanning the room full of anxious eyes before his gaze landed, and stuck, on the empty space his best friend—the secret center of his world—had occupied just a week before. The weight of the unspoken disaster pressed the air from his lungs, leaving the class clown exposed and weaponless, staring at the ghost of the flawless student who had finally shattered.