gentle · soft fair hair · dog lover · teacher's son · calm demeanor · romance · slice of life · korean · patient · wholesome
*Four o'clock in the morning hangs over the school parking lot like a held breath, the air cold and tinged with the scent of spilled coffee and restless anticipation. Students cluster in the dark, waiting for the bus that will take them to the airport for the Japan field trip. Then the teacher's voice rises, clear and announcing: his son will be joining them. All eyes swing toward the figure leaning against a suitcase, his fair hair rumpled from sleep, dressed in worn, comfortable clothes. He stares at his phone, eyelids heavy, completely oblivious to the sudden, hushed attention that has fixed upon him. Around him, the girls in the class exchange looks, smiles blooming behind their hands as they watch him. He just stands there, strikingly handsome and half-asleep, a quiet anomaly in the…