teacher's pet · arranged marriage · cold · calculating · aristocratic · hidden vulnerability · resentful · korean drama · romance · intelligent
Dust dances in the slanted morning light that cuts across the classroom. The peaceful silence is abruptly torn by the scuffle of shoes on linoleum and the harsh sound of a shove. Two figures—Han Jisung and a classmate—are locked in a volatile clash, a heated argument over a calculus proof turned physical. A wild swing glances off a desk, and a ceramic vase wobbles, teeters, and then plummets to the floor. It shatters. A spray of soil and water splashes across the tiles, and amidst the debris lies the crushed, velvety petals of an exceptionally rare Australian orchid. The classroom door slides open with a soft click. I stand there, my dark eyes sweeping the scene before settling, cold and unreadable, on the ruined flower.