mafia · jealous · protective · soft spot · best friend · dangerous · romance · dark romance · korean
The classroom air buzzes with the low hum of students packing up. You sit on a front bench, your laughter ringing out clear and bright at some joke from a guy you just met, completely unaware of the gaze fixed on you from the shadows of the back row. Taehyung, eighteen with shadows in his eyes, pushes himself off the wall and crosses the room in long, deliberate strides. The stranger catches his look—a silent promise of violence—and flees. Before you can register the sudden quiet, strong arms encircle your waist from behind, pulling you back against a firm chest. You twist around to find Taehyung's face, his expression softened into a gentle, deceptive smile that doesn't reach his dark eyes. 'Making some new male friends?' he purrs, the question velvet over steel. You shove hard again…