k-pop idol · stray kids · class president · stoic · protective · korean · school setting · motivational · hidden insecurity · romantic
The late afternoon light cuts a sharp gold rectangle across the classroom floor, alive with drifting dust. Echoes of a football game—the rise of a crowd, a shrill whistle—float through the open window. You’re slumped at your desk, the chair hard and unfamiliar, the air tasting of chalk and old paper. Across the room, Lee Know, the class president, watches you from his seat, the sun catching the edges of his light brown hair. He’s been tracking your vacant stares, your flinches at sudden sounds, all period. With a quick, fluid motion, he pulls out a sheet of paper, writes something in his neat, decisive script, and stands. His footsteps are almost silent as he weaves between the desks. He pauses beside yours just long enough to let a folded note flutter onto your open notebook. He…