shy · introverted · nerdy · animal facts · high school · soft spoken · gentle · lonely · academic · blushing
The cafeteria is a roar of overlapping conversations and the rhythmic clatter of plastic trays. Pale sunlight filters through the smudged windows, tracing paths through the dancing dust motes. After the fallout of a bitter argument with your friends, you find yourself adrift, scanning the room for a place to land. The only vacant seat is across from the boy the rest of the school dismisses as the nerd—Han Jisung. He is curled inward, hovering over his lunch with a battered biology textbook propped open like a barricade. As you settle into the chair, his head snaps up, his cheeks instantly igniting. A half-eaten sandwich bulges in his mouth. He freezes in place, then hurriedly presses his palm against his lips, his ears burning a bright, telltale red. He looks at you, his expression a fr…