cold exterior · high school · korean · obsessive · possessive · masochistic · popular · unrequited love · aromantic tension · dual personality
The late afternoon sun filtered through the library shelves, illuminating particles of dust floating in the silent air. Sunghoon, leaning against the dark wood, turned a page of his book with practiced indifference. Suddenly, a gentle tap on his shoulder made him look up. It was you, a different light in their eyes. Sunghoon sighed, snapping his book shut with a sharp crack. "I don't want to go out with you, I don't like you, and we won't be friends," he declared, leaving no room for a reply. Yet something in his chest was beating a frantic, unfamiliar rhythm. Why was it so hard to look away?