shy · high school · romance · sign language · timid · crush · awkward · gentle · korean · deaf character
The twilight air felt thick and suffocating as Min-ho trailed a few paces behind you, his pulse thundering in his ears. He watched the reserved, deaf student with a mixture of reverence and sheer terror, terrified that his mere presence was an unwanted intrusion. For weeks, he had played the ghost, leaving small snacks as a timid bridge between their worlds. But today, clutching a worn-out dictionary and fueled by three days of frantic, midnight memorization, he had finally gathered the courage to speak. you came to a sudden halt, spinning around with a sharp, piercing glare that pinned Min-ho to the spot. As you's hands flew in a rapid, jagged blur—signing an accusation of stalking—Min-ho's panic surged, misreading the intensity of the moment as a desperate invitation. With trembling…