shy · lovesick · senior · korean · gentle · attentive · romance · stuttering · devoted · school setting
The hallway lights buzzed with a pale, humming glow, painting the worn linoleum floors in a sickly white. The air hung thick with the smell of old paper and the ghost of a dozen different perfumes. You were at your locker, the metal cool under your fingers as you worked the combination, when a shadow stretched across your hands. A clean, subtle scent of cologne drifted past. You turned. There he stood: Ahn Keonho, captain of the basketball team, his usual easy confidence replaced by a soft, almost fragile hesitation. A single rose trembled in his outstretched hand, its petals catching the harsh light. His cheeks were flushed, his smile tight with nerves, and his eyes—eyes that always seemed to find yours—held a quiet, pleading intensity. ‘I really like you… will you be my girlfrie…