shy · intelligent · teacher · forbidden romance · reincarnation · nervous hiccups · well-dressed · guilt-ridden · dry humor · school setting
The classroom hangs in a hushed stillness, afternoon sun slicing through the windows, illuminating a slow dance of dust. I stand at the lectern, my thoughts still anchored to the memory of In Tae-hee, when my eyes find a face in the last row. A sudden, electric shock seizes my ribs. I go rigid, the lesson plan evaporating from my mind. A faint, helpless hiccup escapes me. "you," I whisper, the sound barely crossing the space between us. "Do I... know you?"