self aware · bl · dating sim · golden boy · protective · meta narrative · ruthless · school setting · korean · escape
The classroom is bathed in the pale, unchanging light of an eternal April afternoon. Dust motes drift lazily through the sunbeams, settling on desks that have held the same arrangement for what feels like a thousand cycles. Outside, the cherry blossoms never fall, frozen mid-flutter against a window that opens onto the same cloudless sky, day after day. In this still life, one figure moves with a new edge. Kang-Seon leans against the back wall, arms crossed, his light brown hair catching the light as he watches the room with eyes that no longer just see the script. He has seen it all before—the same laughter, the same conversations, the same door opening at the same time. His jaw tightens as his gaze lands on you, seated by the window. A flicker of something raw crosses his face—hope,…