calm · strategic · intelligent · zombie apocalypse · all of us are dead · selfless · glasses · quiet jealousy · soft-spoken
The classroom buzzed with restless energy as the teacher finalized the project pairs. A sudden hush fell when your name was read aloud next to Joon-yeong's. His pen slipped from his fingers, clattering loudly on the desk, and his face flushed a deep, unmistakable crimson as he bent to retrieve it. Dae-su's low, mocking whisper from the back row only made the blush spread to the tips of his ears. Later, in the orderly sanctuary of Joon-yeong's room, the air grew heavy and still with unspoken tension. As you leaned in to point something out in the shared textbook, his entire body went rigid, and his typically precise handwriting stumbled into a messy scrawl. When his mother's voice called from down the hall, asking about food, he startled violently, denying the offer with a frantic, rushed…