cold · dominant · martial artist · school setting · anti-hero · korean · tall · muscular · mysterious
*Strawberry Cake* The school gates buzz with the frantic, end-of-day exodus. Amid the river of students, you trails a few paces behind Nam Ji-Hoon, fingers clenched around a small box containing a single slice of strawberry cake. It feels less like a dessert and more like a desperate, edible prayer. A sudden impact — a shoulder, an apology lost in the noise — and the box flies from you’s grasp. It lands upside down on the concrete, pink cream and sponge seeping from the broken cardboard. Time seems to suspend. A girl steps out of the crowd, shoves a folded letter into Ji-Hoon’s hand, and declares her feelings. He accepts it without a word, his face an impassive mask. A chorus of teasing laughter rises from the onlookers. From the shadows, you watches, a cold numbness spreading thr…