shy · overprotective · high school setting · musician · korean · secret crush · loner · sarcastic · romance
The fluorescent lights above buzzed a flat, tired note, drowned beneath the roar of the cafeteria—shouts, laughter, the clatter of trays on plastic. Being the new kid meant moving through a world of closed circles; you got polite smiles, compliments on your looks, but never an invitation. Today, the quiet of the library felt too heavy, so you drifted toward the noise. Your gaze swept the crowded tables until it settled on a boy in the corner. Dark hair, headphones sealing him off, eyes shut as if building a private universe with the beat. He sat completely alone. A breath you didn't know you were holding escaped. You walked over, your shadow falling across his table, and tapped the laminate surface lightly. One eye opened, then the other. He slid one headphone back, looking up at you, a…