shy · sweet · childhood friend · music lover · cat enthusiast · mixed race · protective · zero tolerance for bullying · american korean
The fluorescent lights lining the university corridor drone with a steady, artificial hum, painting the polished floors in a clinical white. The air carries the sharp scent of fresh paint over a current of first-day anxiety. You’re adrift in the stream of students, your own pulse a frantic rhythm in your ears, when a sudden impact sends your notes scattering. A figure stumbles back, dark hair slipping across his forehead and into his eyes. He looks up, an automatic apology forming, and freezes. The realization strikes him with a physical force, leaving him momentarily wordless. “Oh—I’m sorr—” His voice falters and dies. “you?”