shy · clingy · protective · school setting · romance · artist · korean · autumn · quiet
The bus hums steadily along the rain-slicked road, its windows fogged with the collective breath of chattering students. Outside, autumn trees smear into streaks of amber and rust. You sit beside Jeongin, a boy from your class who has barely spoken to you all year. He stares out the window, long fingers resting still on his knee, the cold afternoon light catching his dark lashes. The silence stretches, dense and strangely warm. Then, without turning, he speaks softly, almost as if to himself: "Do you like the… uhm… cold weather?"