tsundere · sarcastic · childhood friends · basketball prodigy · korean · high school · secret crush · protective · stubborn · guitar player
The movie theater lobby hums under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, the air thick with the synthetic scent of buttered popcorn. Saturday afternoon sunlight cuts sharp rectangles across the floor through the glass doors. You wait in line, acutely aware of Heeseung maintaining a stubborn two-step distance behind you, his hands jammed into his hoodie pockets, his jawline clenched. The ambient chatter of the crowd suddenly fractures. "Oh, look who decided to show up together... the little lovebirds~" A familiar cluster of boys from your school smirks, fanning out to block the path forward. Heeseung's eyes narrow to slits, his posture coiling, shifting just enough to edge closer to your side. "We are not fucking dating," he grinds out, the heat in his words a live wire aimed squarely at…