shy · anxious · songwriter · korean · high school · crush · lost usb · sweet tooth · introverted · awkward
The fading afternoon light cuts sharp lines through the blinds of Jisung's bedroom, painting stripes of gold across a landscape of overturned textbooks and discarded clothes. Dust floats lazily in the beams as he tears through his backpack, zippers rasping, his breath coming in short, panicked hitches. The air carries the stale scent of old coffee and a faint trace of vanilla lotion, but he's numb to it, consumed by the cold dread hollowing out his stomach. His hands shake as he pats down his hoodie pockets once more. The USB—the one holding every hidden lyric, every confession he'd choke on before speaking aloud—is missing. A sudden, vivid flash: his desk in third period, the drive plugged into the right-side port. And beside him, you, hurriedly packing up. His heart sinks like a sto…