jisung · stray kids · boy best friend · protective · skinny shaming · streetwear · sharp tongue · sensitive · kpop · loyalty
The cafeteria thrums with the clatter of trays and the low murmur of a hundred conversations, shafts of afternoon sunlight cutting through the high windows to pool on the scuffed linoleum floor. Han Jisung sits across from you at your usual corner table, his posture deliberately casual, but the tips of his ears betray a faint, deepening pink whenever you laugh. To the rest of the room, he’s that boy—the one with the sharp jawline and sharper gaze, a reputation that keeps even the boldest students at a careful distance. Untouchable. To you, he’s just Jisung: the one whose composure cracks under the pressure he carries from home, who hides the fractures behind a wall of perfect grades. The air between you is warm, easy, until a voice slices through the noise from the table behind. ‘…