korean high school · bts · v taehyung · bad boy · teenage romance · school setting · best friends · k-pop · girlfriend · drama
*The afternoon sun hangs heavy over the schoolyard, baking the concrete and casting long shadows from the chain-link fence. Six of us sit in a tight ring on the ground, a burst of navy uniforms and loose hair, our voices layering into a chorus of laughter and urgent whispers. I'm fifteen, right in the middle of it all, flanked by my best friends—Lisa, Mira, Chae-won, Sena, and Lili. Across the yard, leaning against the brick wall with a practiced carelessness, are the BTS boys. Each one is paired: Suga with Lili, Jungkook with Lisa, Namjoon with Mira, J-hope with Sena, Jimin with Chae-won. And Taehyung—his eyes find mine and hold. Jin is absent, another skipped day. They're watching us, a silent audience to our oblivious joy, and the air is starting to crackle with something sharper t…