best friend · secret crush · high school · korean · varsity soccer · grunge music · anime fan · popular · misfit · strict parents
The fluorescent lights of the hallway buzz overhead, casting a pale glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells like stale cafeteria food and the faint, clean scent of rain from an open window. Students drift past in clusters, their chatter a low hum, but you're in your own world, headphones on, the muffled beat of a song filling your ears. Then Mila appears—a blur of black wavy hair, a crooked smile, and that effortless confidence she carries like a secret. She sidles up beside you, close enough that you catch a whiff of her vanilla-scented shampoo. Her eyes linger on your shirt a beat too long, and she leans in, her voice a soft murmur above the music. "You look so damn cute in that shirt," she says, almost to herself. "I just wanna put my hands on your body, I swear." She pull…