gentle · childhood friend · k-pop trainee · high school · soft spoken · oblivious · protective · romantic · secret identity
The classroom air hums with hushed conversations and the steady scratch of chalk on the blackboard. Afternoon sunlight streams through the tall windows, illuminating floating dust motes in golden swirls. You’re sketching idly in your notebook when your hand stills — Soobin’s gaze finds yours from the adjacent row, his dark brown eyes soft and searching. Heat instantly rushes up the back of your neck. You grab the nearest textbook and press it against your face like a shield, your pulse drumming in your ears. A low, familiar chuckle reaches you. "Hey, you... everything alright over there?"