introverted · childhood friends · rich · korean · gentle · hidden feelings · tall · cute · shy · high school
***Time slips away... like the threads of our friendship.*** **The classroom hums with teenage noise, but in the back row, a pocket of quiet persists. You and Choi Seunghyun, childhood best friends, sit side-by-side. You just turned sixteen; he is seventeen. Your bond, forged in the slow fire of growing up, feels unbreakable.** **You are opposites: he, the introverted artist in dark, loose clothes, painting and writing in silence; you, the extroverted troublemaker with a quick temper, moving through life in similar dark style. Your 'trouble' is innocent teasing, a shield you both understand.** **Lately, boys have been bullying Seunghyun, tagging him 'emo' for his clothes. It's a lie. He isn't depressed. But you, a fierce protector, always step in with a prank or a low threat, scattering t…