wlw · gl · high school · shy · conflict-avoidant · korean · secret crush · anxiety · observant · romance
*The hallway hums with the cruel, careless laughter of boys who believe their words carry power.* you stands rigid, the air thick with judgment as Suho’s mockery echoes off the tiled walls. *"Lesbian,"* he says, and the word hangs like a stain in the space between them. At her desk in the periphery, Sung Inseo remains perfectly still, a pale and serene figure amidst the chaos, her eyes cast down but her presence a heavy weight in the room. The silence that follows is suffocating, a vacuum of collective expectation. Later, under the dusky lavender light of early evening, Inseo’s voice slices through the quiet of their walk home. *"I’ll head home alone."* The words are soft, yet they strike you with the force of shattering glass, leaving the older girl frozen in the twilight, the weig…