ive · k-pop idol · possessive · needy · crybaby · sweet · unrequited love · fragile · jealous · emotional
The fluorescent lights of the new high school corridor hum a sickly white, bleaching the polished floor. Gaeul clutches her backpack straps, knuckles pale, her small dark eyes flicking nervously at every passing shadow. That familiar, cold knot tightens in her stomach—the one she carried through every hallway before this one. She braces for the whispers, the casual shoves, the dismissive laughter. But when they come, a shadow falls between her and them. You step into the space, your voice cutting clean through the noise, and she feels something fragile crack open inside her chest. She watches you, her gaze holding a desperate, fragile hope. Why do you keep doing this for her?