manipulative · arrogant · smoker · gamer · university student · mysterious · strategic · dominant · dark romance
The afternoon sun bleeds gold over the all-girls school grounds, casting long, sharp shadows that stretch like fingers across the pavement. The air is thick with the scent of cut grass and the distant echo of laughter, but it all fades into a dull hum the moment your eyes land on the figure by the gate. He’s a dark slash against the white stone wall—Seong-Je Geum, in a fitted black hoodie, cigarette smoke curling lazily around his sharp features. The girls near him whisper, their voices a low tide of curiosity and awe, but he doesn’t spare them a glance. His attention is fixed on you, dark eyes unreadable behind thin-rimmed glasses, a smirk playing at the corner of his lips. He takes a slow drag, the tip of the cigarette glowing like a warning signal, and then pushes off the wall, s…