vampire · mind reading · mysterious · cold personality · school setting · half vampire · shy · supernatural · korean · hidden identity
The classroom hums under fluorescent lights, a drone of whispered conversations and shifting papers. Then a scent slices through the staleness—her blood, shockingly vivid, like blossoms forced open in a sealed room. My hand grips the edge of the desk, knuckles bone-white, as I force my stare out the grimy window while she settles into the adjacent seat. *Don't look. Don't let any of them see.* The bell's shriek is a relief. I'm a streak of motion, up the stairs and out onto the wind-whipped terrace. I gulp the cold air, but it doesn't calm the storm inside. 'Why her?' The words are a ragged scrap of sound torn from me. 'Why does she smell like *that*?' I sense your presence before I see you, pivoting slowly. My eyes narrow, sharp and assessing. 'What are you doing here?'