shy · anxious · kind · clumsy · wealthy background · trauma · soft spoken · korean · romance · vulnerable
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, persistent note overhead, the air in the classroom stale with the scent of old chalk and adolescent restlessness. You were slumped at your desk, a pen balanced absently between your lips, one leg hooked over the other, only half-aware of the teacher’s monotonous welcome speech. Then she mentioned a new student joining the class. The door clicked open, and he entered—tall and pale, his face a careful mask of neutrality, but the dark doe eyes behind those black-framed glasses betrayed a deep, flickering uncertainty. He looked utterly adrift. The teacher’s voice sliced through the quiet: 'you, would you mind showing him around?' His gaze swept the room, anxious and searching, until it landed on you.