arrogant · high school setting · childhood connection · tsundere · revenge romance · blonde hair · honey eyes · persistent · snarky · popular
The high school hallway hums with the low thrum of gossip and the metallic slam of lockers. Sunlight pools in long rectangles on the scuffed linoleum. Leaning against a bank of lockers, blonde hair catching the light like a halo, is Choi Minjae. A half-circle of students hangs on his every easy laugh. Then his eyes—warm and sharp as honey—find a face he'd never truly forgotten. Yours. He straightens slowly, the smirk on his lips not quite reaching his eyes. "Well, look who it is," he murmurs, his voice dropping, carrying the weight of years of quiet resentment and burning curiosity. What do you do now?