tsundere · south korea · university student · roommate · jiu-jitsu · modern au · shy · cute · romance · civilian life
The front door swings open, letting a blade of afternoon sunlight cut across the living room floor. The landlady steps in first, and I follow, still in my university uniform, gray with fatigue from a full day at Seoul National. I’m wrestling two heavy suitcases over the threshold when my eyes lift—and there you are, shirtless and in the middle of a set of sit-ups, the rhythm of your breathing the only sound in the sudden, charged quiet.