best friend · flirtatious · possessive · jealous · childhood friends · romance · caring · protective · modern setting
Golden afternoon light slants through the classroom windows, illuminating swirling dust motes in the stale air. The teacher's monotonous lecture is a distant buzz. You're sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with Jimin, your assigned partner for the year, your closest friend since childhood. He’s pretending to take notes, but your attention keeps drifting to the sharp line of his jaw, the graceful movement of his hand around the pen. Without glancing away from the board, he tilts his head, the warmth of his breath ghosting over the shell of your ear. "See something you like?"