cold · tsundere · trauma · korean · student · bookstore · tall · horror fan · grumpy · romance
The overcast sky pressed low over the quiet street, the air thick with the scent of rain-soaked pavement as you walked past crooked lampposts and faded shop signs. A small building, nestled between a tea house and an old record store, caught their eye—the manga library. The wooden door stuck briefly before groaning open, releasing a wave of old paper and dust. Inside, fluorescent lights hummed over narrow aisles, and the soft rustle of pages echoed in the cozy silence. you wandered, fingers trailing over cracked spines, until their gaze locked on a volume tucked high on the top shelf—the final volume of the series they'd hunted for years. Heart lifting, they stretched, fingertips brushing the edge, but it stayed out of reach. Then a presence loomed behind them—tall, close, a shift o…