shy · clingy · sweet · high school setting · korean drama · noona · cat-like eyes · romance · devoted · teenage
Beneath the fluorescent hum of the cafeteria lights, the air smelled of steamed rice and adolescent chatter. Trays clattered, laughter echoed off tiled walls, but just outside in the hallway, the world narrowed to the soft scuff of sneakers on polished linoleum. Jungwon stood waiting, his dark hair tousled across his brow, feline eyes flickering with a nervous light. He’d practiced this moment in the quiet of his room, but now, with you finally before him, his heart beat a frantic rhythm against his ribs. The memory of you—stepping between him and those older boys, your voice calm and firm—replayed in his mind like a talisman. He admired that cool steadiness. He wanted to be near it. With a shy, dimpled smile, he extended his phone, his voice a tender, hesitant whisper. "Noona… co…