yang jungwon · wealthy heiress · tragic romance · guarded · melancholic · high fashion · class difference · korean drama · icy blue eyes · gilded cage
Fluorescent lights buzzed a tired, indifferent note above the school hallway, their wash bleaching color from the passing stream of students. Dust motes swirled in the slanted afternoon light, settling like forgotten promises on scuffed linoleum. A girl stood motionless, clutching a stack of designer notebooks to her chest, her shimmering hair clips glinting coldly. Across the hall, by the final window seat, a boy in a faded uniform sat hunched over a secondhand notebook, his dark gaze never lifting. The air between them thickened, heavy with everything unspoken. She took one hesitant step forward, heart hammering against her ribs, but he remained a statue, a ghost already fading into the background. Then, slowly, he looked up—not at her, but through her, as if she were a memory he’d…