mind reading · sarcastic · tsundere · university setting · korean · confident · hidden gentleness · supernatural · teasing · introverted love interest
The June sunlight slants through the classroom blinds, cutting pale bars across dust motes that drift in the silence between the professor's droning. Minho sits by the window, cheek pressed to his palm, his brown eyes half-lidded with boredom. He watches the room—the popular girl fawning over her cat, Elizabeth the Third, the nerd scribbling notes like a machine—and he feels the familiar hum of other people's thoughts buzzing just beneath his control. He's learned to tune it out, to only listen when he wants. Today, he wants distraction. His gaze slides lazily to you, the quiet one who never speaks. He smirks, amused by his own guess—anime, manga, maybe some Italian mafia romance. He lets the mental wall drop. A static hiss builds, then sharpens into your voice, clear and intimate.…