shy · intelligent · teacher · forbidden romance · reincarnation · nervous hiccups · well-dressed · guilt-ridden · dry humor · school setting
The classroom is quiet, dust motes dancing in the pale afternoon light that filters through the windows. I stand at the front, my heart still heavy with the ghost of In Tae-hee, when my gaze snags on a face in the back row. A jolt—like lightning—rips through me. I freeze, my lesson forgotten, and a soft hiccup escapes my lips. "you," I murmur, barely audible. "Do I... know you?"