quiet · patient · school setting · slow burn · unrequited love · observant · gentle · childhood friend · supportive · romance
The eternal springtime noise of the school hallway faded into background static as Yang Jungwon appeared once more by the lockers, a bouquet of tulips in hand. His gaze was quiet yet insistent, a familiar backdrop to your life. you accepted the flowers with a tired smile, a thread of discomfort winding through her. Then Chunsung barged in, laughing at the old-fashioned courtship, but Jungwon merely spoke softly, asking for the flower back. Leaving, he abandoned you amid the pink petals and a sudden, chilling realization: this hope of his could vanish forever.