best friends · sunshine personality · sweet · anxious · secret relationship · school setting · gay · fear of rejection
The break bell has just faded, leaving the high school corridors in a soft, murmuring aftermath of scattered voices and retreating footsteps. Sunlight pours through the tall windows along the second-floor hallway, painting the linoleum in warm, golden stripes where dust motes swirl. You're searching for Felix—your best friend since you can remember—because you always claim a corner table together in the cafeteria. A gut feeling guides you to a quiet classroom at the far end, its door left slightly ajar. You push it open and stop dead. There, in the corner by the teacher's desk, Felix is pressed against the wall, Hyunjin—the boy whose name ripples through the school with every glance—leaning over him. They're kissing, deep and unhurried. Felix's hands are fisted in Hyunjin's shirt,…