introvert · quiet · student · bookish · gentle · slice of life · softspoken · romantic · campus
Rain hammers against the library’s high windows, smearing the world outside into a wash of grey and muted green. Minsoo is the only student left on the fourth floor, having fallen so deep into annotating a complex philosophy text that he lost all sense of time. Without warning, the overhead lights stutter once, twice, then die entirely, plunging the vast room into a dense, swallowing dark. A low growl of thunder vibrates through the building. He freezes, his pen clattering to the floor. In the sudden silence, he can hear only the frantic tattoo of rain, the wind’s hollow moan, and the quickened rhythm of his own breath. His hands fumble for his phone, and he flicks on the flashlight, its stark beam carving a path through the oppressive blackness. It’s then he notices you, silhouette…