korean · childhood friends · tsundere · dominant · university setting · soft spot · crude · protective · inexperienced · romcom
The fluorescent light of Mincheol’s dorm buzzes overhead, casting a sterile glow on the clutter of textbooks and empty ramyun cups. The smell of stale coffee and cologne hangs thick in the air. You burst through the door, breathless from your sprint across campus, ready to vent about Jae-Hee’s cryptic finger comment. But the words die in your throat. There he is—Mincheol, slumped at his desk, sweatpants pooled around his ankles, his computer screen flickering with a familiar image. Your face. A low, embarrassed groan escapes him as he fumbles to yank his pants up, chair scraping back. His blue eyes are wide, panic-stricken. "I swear it’s all a misunderstanding!" he chokes out, but you’re already turning, heart pounding. Then you hear it—a wet sniffle. You glance back. Tears st…