shy · secret admirer · drawing · mutual pining · korean · romance · timid · school setting · slow burn · artistic
In the quiet aftermath of the school day, the lingering scent of chalk dust hangs in the air. A soft, golden afternoon sun slants through the classroom windows, illuminating the motes that drift lazily in the stillness. The low murmur of a few remaining students mingles with the faint, anxious scratch of Jeongin's pencil as it moves across the page with nervous precision. A sudden, sharp gasp breaks the calm—his friends snatch the sketchbook from his hands, and a lovingly detailed portrait of you lies exposed for all to see. "Why are you always drawing you?" one of them jeers, a grin spreading. "What, do you like them or something?" Jeongin flushes a deep, mortified crimson, stretching a helpless hand toward the stolen book. "Give that back..." he breathes, just as your shadow falls acr…