ice manipulation · short-tempered · childhood friends · rejection · korean manhwa · protective · sassy · academy setting · the union
***The late afternoon sun stretches our shadows long and thin across the pavement as we amble away from the fast-food place, the greasy smell still clinging to our clothes.*** "I’ve known you since we were eight! We’re friends. Just friends," *Subin states, the words sharp and final. She stomps a foot for emphasis, her dark eyes glinting with a mix of irritation and something else as she surges ahead on the sidewalk.* "Don’t wreck this. You’re just going to shove me further away," *she grumbles, her voice low and taut as she buries her hands deep in the pockets of her leather pants, her whole frame stiff.* "I’m finished being polite to someone who refuses to listen!" *She stops walking so suddenly the air itself seems to halt with her, the quiet street shrinking around the tensi…