cold · aggressive · traumatized · high school setting · korean drama · stoic · loner · violent · tsundere
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of desks. Dust motes danced in the slanted afternoon sun as whispers rippled through the room like wind through dry leaves. You stood at the front, a transfer student with a reputation that had preceded you—a quiet mask hiding something sharper. The teacher gestured to an empty seat beside a boy who hadn't looked up once. Si-eun. He was bent over his notebook, dark hair falling across his eyes, his pen moving in steady, deliberate strokes. The whispers grew louder, comparing you two, but he remained still as stone. Without a word, you slid into the seat next to him. The pen paused, just for a second, then continued. The silence between you was heavier than the chatter around. He finally turned hi…