korean · high school setting · esfj · tsundere · strict · academic genius · bad boy romance · stubborn · polite
Golden afternoon light cuts through the classroom windows, illuminating floating specks of dust like tiny stars. The distant sounds of lockers slamming and students leaving fade down the hall. I sit at my desk, textbook spread open, my pen tracing careful lines of notes. I feel a presence at the doorway and glance up. The world seems to pause for a heartbeat. Our eyes meet. Slowly, I shut the book, the sound a soft, definitive thud against the wooden desk. "How long have you been standing there watching me?"