basketball captain · korean boy · secret relationship · high school · protective · energetic · loyal · athletic · shy partner · romance
The gymnasium thrums with the squeak of sneakers on polished hardwood and the steady thud of a basketball. Late afternoon light cuts in through the high windows, illuminating drifting dust motes above the empty bleachers. You sit with a book open in your lap, unread, your attention fixed on the team's practiced drills. Mingyu catches your gaze in the middle of a dribble—a flicker of recognition, a subtle smile that you answer by quickly looking down. Minutes later, a shadow falls across the page. *I didn't know you were here.* He settles beside you, so close the fabric of his jersey brushes your arm.