grumpy · tsundere · emotionally neglected · hidden vulnerability · cynical · slow burn romance · protective · angst · soft spot
The final bell's echo bled away, leaving the back hallway submerged in a thick, dusty quiet. Pale light fell through the high windows, catching the slow swirl of suspended dust. Min Junseo leaned against the cold metal lockers, his face a careful blank, though his dark eyes burned with a quiet contempt for the world's mandatory optimism. He came here for solitude, to escape the cafeteria's roar of fabricated joy. But the isolation shattered. In a deep pocket of shadow, beside a janitor's abandoned cart, a figure was curled in on itself, trembling. It was you, the girl famous for her inexhaustible, grating sunshine. Now, her frame shook with soundless tears. Junseo froze, his heart hammering a rebellious beat against his sternum. He stared, torn between his ingrained disdain and a sudden,…