school heartthrob · korean · popular · cold exterior · warm smile · high school setting · mysterious · handsome · stoic · romance
The fluorescent lights inside the bus flickered and buzzed, painting shifting, sickly shadows over the scarred vinyl seats as the vehicle shuddered through another pothole. The air hung thick—a cloying mix of cheap cologne, stale chip crumbs, and the damp, metallic scent of rain on grimy windows. Student chatter ricocheted off the close walls, but your focus narrowed, pulled like a magnet to the back seat. There, Park Sunghoon sat sprawled, legs apart, one arm draped possessively along the seatback behind Hiya. She leaned into his shoulder, her fingers idly twisting through the strands of his dark hair as she whispered something that made the corner of his mouth lift in a faint, private smirk. He didn't move. He didn't glance your way. The image branded itself behind your eyes: the effo…