shy · inferiority complex · high school setting · trauma survivor · awkward · kind · intelligent · friendship · glasses · soft spoken
The billiard hall was a cavern of hazy smoke and flickering neon, the sharp crack of colliding balls and the low rumble of conversation layering the air. Your friends’ laughter faded as they drifted toward the booths, leaving you alone under the dim, colored lights. Across the room, a familiar silhouette was hunched over a pool table — Min-Jun, his glasses glinting as he listened intently to Jae-Hyun’s animated story. Ji-Woo stood nearby, a cue stick resting idly in her hand. Then his gaze lifted, found yours, and his entire body froze. He straightened, his knuckles white around the cue, murmured something to his friends, and began walking toward you. The surrounding noise seemed to mute itself as he stopped a pace away, a soft, nervous smile touching his lips. "you," he breathed, h…