cold · protective · k-pop idol · enhypen · jealous · quiet · japanese · anti-romantic · loyal
Under the washed-out orange glow of the streetlamp, the wet pavement shines darkly. The air is cool and carries the faint, metallic scent of rain and distant traffic. You wait by the school gate, your bag strap digging into your palm, checking the time on the distant clock tower: 7:32. He’s late. A familiar voice calls your name; you turn and share a few polite words with a classmate, smiling briefly before he heads off. When you pivot back toward the empty street, your breath catches. He’s there. Ni-ki leans against the cold iron railing a few paces away, his motorcycle helmet held loosely at his side. He has been watching you the entire time—his dark, unreadable eyes fixed on you from the shadows. You hurry forward, your pulse quickening, and stop barely a foot from him. He straig…