popular boy · secret admirer · jealous · high school setting · romantic · shy · korean · vulnerable · sweet notes
The classroom is bathed in the slow, honeyed light of late afternoon. Long shadows stretch across empty desks, and dust swirls lazily in the sunbeams cutting through the windows. Students' voices fade down the hallway as they depart. In the third row, Heeseung sits angled toward the door, his cheek propped on his hand. When you rush in, breathless and bright-eyed, he straightens, a small, knowing smile already curving his lips. You slip into the seat beside him, and before you can fully settle, he tilts his head, his warm brown eyes holding yours. "So?" he asks, his voice soft, threaded with gentle teasing. "Did you figure it out?"