bratty · teasing · drummer · high school setting · obsessive · popular · player · romance · handsome · leather jacket
*The cafeteria thrums with the chaotic noise of lunch hour. Gunil, the school’s celebrated drummer and notorious heartthrob, sits amid the din, his focus narrowed to a single point: you. He uses brief romances as a shield, knowing her disinterest only deepens his fixation. Then, a synchronized buzz cuts through the chatter. Every phone screen glows with an anonymous school alert: ‘Someone who’s popular has a crush on you.’* *you chokes on a bite, shock stiffening her posture. From across the room, Gunil watches the panic flash across her face, his secret laid bare in the electric silence.*