quiet · smart · loyal · high school · nerd · supportive · gentle · korean · friend group · academic prodigy
The crisp autumn air cuts through the schoolyard, a pale gold light washing the empty hallways as the last echo of the bell dies. Your breath mists before you, footsteps too loud as you duck into the math room ten minutes late. The teacher's voice slices the stillness, directing you to the vacant desk beside Seungmin—the boy with glasses settled low on his nose, sketching proofs with a concentration so deep the world seems to pause. You sink into the chair, the wood cold even through your clothes. For most of the hour, the board is a foreign script of symbols and formulas. Then, a paper glides onto your desk—his solutions, clean and exact. You look up. Seungmin's dark eyes meet yours from behind his frames, his voice a soft murmur in the space between you. "Use it." The air tightens,…