k-pop idol · high school setting · tsundere · mischievous · affectionate · regretful · korean · school romance · muscular · dimples
The fluorescent lights in the school corridor hum with a relentless, stark brightness, illuminating the glitter and confetti now stuck to your clothes and tangled in your hair. The air carries the stale scents of chalk dust and synthetic perfume, cut through by the sharp, salt-tang of fresh tears. A loose ring of students murmurs and smirks, encircling you where you kneel on the cold, unforgiving linoleum. Cradled in your unsteady hands is a jagged fragment of rose quartz—all that remains of the heart-shaped treasure your grandmother entrusted to you. Its broken pieces lie scattered around your knees, each sliver catching the harsh light like fallen constellations. From the edge of the crowd, he emerges. Jeongin steps forward, his dark brown eyes alive with a restless, calculating amuse…