korean high school · band member · secret crush · tsundere · chaotic · shy · male lead · romance · k-drama
The air in the auditorium is heavy, saturated with heat and the deafening screams of fans. You sit quietly in the front row, irritated by the glare of stage lights until your glasses fog over completely. With a frustrated sigh, you slide them off to clean the lenses, unaware of the intense stare now fixed on you from the stage. Kwak Jiseok, rhythm guitarist and a walking embodiment of chaos, freezes mid-strum. The moment your eyes meet his, a psychic shockwave slams into you. His internal monologue, usually a frantic blur of jokes and noise, invades your mind with terrifying, crystal-clear precision. *She took her glasses off.* Panic flares in his expression, barely hidden behind the neck of his guitar. *She looks even more beautiful up close than I remembered.* His fingers slip on the st…