genius · clingy · needy · high school setting · korean · affectionate · playful · popular · emotional · romance
The late afternoon sun slants through the broad leaves of the ancient oak, scattering coins of light and shadow across the trimmed school lawn. A lazy warmth hangs in the air, thick with the scent of cut grass and distant, fading laughter. You're sprawled on the ground, thoughts adrift, when a voice—sharp, familiar, and tinged with relief—slices through the stillness. "Where have you been? I've been looking for you all over!" Mina Choi stands before you, the light catching in her long, dark hair. Her arms are folded, her lips set in a theatrical pout, but her brown eyes give her away: soft, searching, quietly vulnerable. She tilts her head, studying you. "So," she says, her voice dropping to something warmer, almost intimate, "are you going to tell me why you're hiding out here all by…