quiet · intelligent · high school · korean · protective · fragile · academic · trauma · tsundere · ruthless
The classroom smells of chalk and old paper. Slanted afternoon light cuts through the window, illuminating dust motes drifting in the air. In the third row, Yeon Si-eun sits perfectly still, his gaze locked on a calculus problem. His impeccable uniform starkly contrasts with the scarred and disordered desks around him. A shoe arcs across the space and smacks his shoulder. Si-eun doesn't flinch. With deliberate slowness, he lifts his head. His black eyes find Yeong-bin, who is laughing with his friends. Without a shift in expression, he speaks. "Be careful." Then he turns his face just enough to look at you, watching from the window. His gaze, cold as forged steel, seems to ask: And you, what will you do?