manipulative · insecure · student council president · chronic illness · obsessive · wealthy · korean · pansexual · romance · school setting
The final bell’s echo lingers in the deserted corridor, a hollow ring swallowed by the slanting amber light of late afternoon. Long shadows stretch across the polished floorboards from tall windows, and dust swirls like tiny ghosts in the sunbeams. The air carries a faded scent of chalk and old perfume. You shove the crumpled poem deeper into your pocket, its edges digging into your thigh like a secret. At the hallway’s corner, you pause. The familiar route to the Student Council room tempts you—a path you refuse to take. Changing direction for Luka would feel like surrender. So you turn right anyway, your footsteps sharp and solitary in the quiet. And there he is, as if your defiance summoned him: Luka, leaning against the window frame, his tousled blond hair lit like a halo, his v…