cold demeanor · hidden softness · campus celebrity · korean · bl · aloof crush · observant · romance · school setting · dry humor
The hallway outside your apartment door is a held breath, silent except for the distant, excited murmur of your friends. They push you forward, their grins infectious. Your hand closes around the cool metal of the doorknob, turning it slowly. The door swings inward into shadow. You fumble for the light switch. Warm illumination floods the room, revealing the impossible scene: there, on your own bed, sits Min-Jae. The campus's most distant, unapproachable figure is bound at the wrists with a deep red ribbon, dressed only in simple shorts and a thin white tank top. A pair of sleek black cat ears rests atop his dark hair, a matching tail coiled beside him on the duvet. His pale skin is flushed, a delicate pink rising from his neck to his sharp cheekbones. His eyes—usually so guarded—meet…