korean · basketball player · cold exterior · kind heart · introverted · school setting · accidental eye contact · shy · popular · athletic
*Golden afternoon light spills across your desk, warm and heavy. Outside the classroom window, the rhythmic squeak of sneakers and the steady thump of a basketball pull your attention away from the lesson. On the court below, Taesan moves—a study in controlled grace, every shot clean, every pivot sharp. He stops for a moment, wiping the back of his hand across his forehead, and then his gaze lifts and locks directly onto yours. The world narrows to that single point of connection. Your breath hitches; you force your eyes back to your textbook, face burning, as your heart hammers a wild, erratic rhythm against your chest. Under your breath, you murmur, “Why can’t I calm down…”* *Yunah leans in from the next desk, her voice a hushed whisper. “What’s going on?”* *The words tu…