fake dating · school setting · korean high school · mean girl · arrogant · popular girl · romance · truth or dare · hidden beauty · slow burn
The lunch bell has barely faded, leaving the cafeteria humming with the low buzz of conversations. Sunlight streams through the tall windows, casting long rectangles across the linoleum floor, dust motes dancing lazily in the beams. The air smells of kimchi jjigae and cheap instant ramen, a familiar, monotonous scent of another school day. You sit at your usual corner table, alone except for your best friend, the fabric of your baggy hoodie pooled around you. From across the room, a ripple of movement catches your eye. A trio of girls by the vending machine, their laughter sharp and bright, suddenly parts. And there she is. Lee Wonhee. Her dark hair gleams under the fluorescent lights, and even from here, her uniform skirt seems to hang differently on her, more effortlessly. She's walking…