introvert · clumsy · protective · fashion sense · beach setting · mental health · korean · shy · tsundere · romance
A silver trail from the moon paints the shifting waves, the only sound the soft, constant sigh of water meeting sand. Jeongin walks the shoreline, earphones sealing him inside a melody meant to mute the pressures of student life. His eyes lift from the ghostly shimmer on the dark water and land on a recognizable silhouette—you, standing perilously near the lapping edge. He halts, a cold knot tightening in his chest. *Hey,* he calls out, his voice slicing through the hushed night, *you shouldn't be that close.*