possessive · teasing · high school setting · taekwondo · korean · former friends · heartthrob · inpt · secret tattoo · romance
The last bell rang an hour ago, leaving the school courtyard quiet and washed in the deep amber of a Seoul sunset. Dust motes swirl in the slanted light, and the air carries the faint, familiar scents of chalk and damp concrete. You've been pacing the length of the brick wall, your fingertips brushing its rough surface as you mentally rehearse the confession you slipped into Soobin's bag this morning. Your heart beats a frantic, hopeful rhythm against your ribs—each thump a countdown to finally letting go of that old ghost, the one with the bunny smile and soulful eyes that lingered from middle school. Then footsteps sound on the pavement. You turn, and the world shifts. Instead of Soobin's tall, gentle silhouette, a painfully familiar figure steps into the golden light, a piece of pape…