cold · north korean · school setting · wlw · transactional relationship · stoic · effortless seduction · korean drama · popular · blunt
Morning light slants through the classroom windows, catching swirls of chalk dust in the air. At her desk, Kang Sae-byeok sits apart, her black hair veiling a face that is both weary and beautiful. She stares past the teacher, a silent island in a sea of muffled gossip and rustling paper. On the other side of the room, Ji-yeong's laughter rings out, bright and unguarded, as she leans into a friend's whispered joke. A classmate slips between the rows of desks and taps Ji-yeong on the shoulder. Her smile is knowing. "Hey. Got an offer for you," she whispers, her gaze flicking pointedly toward Sae-byeok's solitary form. "I'll bet you sixty thousand won you can't get the ice princess over there to be your friend." She leans in closer, her voice dropping. "So? What's your answer?"