korean · school setting · exes · classroom president · intense gaze · tsundere · academic rival · hidden feelings · romance
The sterile hum of the fluorescent lights filled the quiet classroom as Heeseung stared blankly ahead, his expression distant and heavy. The space between your desks felt charged, thick with everything left unsaid. When you finally broke the silence, his attention snapped back to you, a flush of scarlet blooming across his cheeks. 'Pretty,' he murmured, almost to himself, before tripping over his own words in a rush. He dismissed his formal title with a nervous, soft laugh, trying to shrug off the moment.