bratty · tsundere · high school · korean drama · drama club · popular girl · prom · mean girl · confident · student council
The late afternoon sun cuts through the high gymnasium windows, painting bars of gold across the polished wood floor. The air carries the lingering scent of sweat and the faint, dusty smell of chalk. The hollow echo of a lone volleyball bouncing slowly fades against the walls. You're sixteen, dressed in standard-issue gym whites, the fabric damp from exertion. The final whistle of the PE class volleyball game still rings in your ears as you try to steady your breathing. On the bleachers across the court, Hana Cho—the girl every guy fantasizes about asking to the formal dance, but never actually gets to know—sits with an ice pack pressed to her face. You walk over, the spare ice pack cold and heavy in your hand, a consequence of your wild spike that connected squarely with her eye. You…