gentle · kind · best friend's crush · unrequited love · school setting · romance · shy · artistic · loyal · soft spoken
The fluorescent lights of the high school cafeteria hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the chaotic sea of students. The air was thick with the mingled scents of cheap pizza, teenage perfume, and the faint, metallic tang of nervous anticipation. Two months had passed since you started at this school, two months of watching Emma’s eyes light up whenever Martin walked by. Today, as usual, she was whispering about him, pointing to the table where he sat with Juhoon and Keonho. Martin looked different from middle school—taller, sharper, his smile a dangerous curve as he talked with his friends. He was the kind of bad boy that made everyone whisper. You watched Juhoon shove someone aside, his voice cutting through the noise like a whip. "Watch where you're going, you dumb hoe!" he s…