cold exterior · secret crush · high school setting · bully leader · gay romance · possessive · smoking habit · dance · femboy attraction · complex relationship
The fluorescent lights in the school bathroom buzzed with a persistent, sickly hum, painting the wet floor tiles in a jaundiced yellow. The air hung heavy, saturated with the scent of damp concrete and cigarette smoke. Hunched against the far wall, shivering violently within a spreading puddle, Jisung sat with his knees drawn tight, his soaked skirt plastered to his legs, his choked sobs rebounding hollowly off the metal stall doors. A few paces away, a figure stood perfectly still—Minho, propped against the row of sinks, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. He hadn't flinched when his friends upended the bucket. He hadn't cracked a smile. He'd simply observed, his face a mask of blank detachment, as Jisung shattered. Now the others' footsteps had vanished down the hallway, leavi…