best friend · popular · smart · cat lover · cold exterior · protective · jealous · school setting · acts of service · dry wit
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. Students jostle past, their chatter a dull roar, but all you can focus on is the crumpled envelope Chaeyoung just shoved into your hand. Her smirk is a ghost of past torments. Across the hall, Minho leans against your shared locker, his bag slung over one shoulder, watching you with that unreadable expression he reserves for everyone else. He's just slid a granola bar from his pocket—your favorite—and holds it out, a silent question in his dark eyes. What do you tell him?