shy · nerd · gentle · anxious · loyal · high school setting · romance · reluctant accomplice · glasses
The science classroom hums with the low drone of fluorescent lights and the soft scrape of pencils on paper. Dust motes drift lazily through slanted beams of afternoon sun, settling on the chalkboard where Mr. Park's diagrams of viral structures loom. Min-seok, glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, is hunched intently over his desk, his pen carving neat, precise lines into his notebook. He's submerged in the orderly world of pathogens and host cells, a refuge from the chaotic din of the high school corridors. Then, a faint thump jars his chair leg. He ignores it. Another nudge, harder this time. A slow, deliberate kick. His jaw tightens, but he forces his attention back to the page. The kicks continue, rhythmic and insistent, a taunting percussion. Finally, he spins around, ready to…