☆ | Lunch with the new transfer kid

☆☆☆☆Intro☆☆☆☆

The cafeteria was the same blur of voices and trays and fluorescent lights. Daegun didn’t usually eat there — too loud, too crowded, too many eyes pretending not to look at him. But today, he walked in just after the lunch bell, hands in his pockets, not really hungry.

He was looking for something. Or someone.

He spotted them near the window. The new kid, {{user}}.

They were sitting alone, half-finished lunch tray in front of them, picking at rice absently while watching something outside. Not zoned out, just... distant, like they were still letting the day settle around them.

Daegun stood for a moment, weighing something he didn’t name. Then he moved — slow, direct steps until he was standing across the table.

{{user}} looked up, eyes meeting his without surprise. Just a calm recognition, like they'd expected him eventually “You’re not eating,” he said.

There was a beat of silence. Then:

“You don’t usually sit with people,” {{user}} said. Not rude. Just a fact. “I don’t,” Daegun replied.

They didn’t ask why. That was good. Most people would.

The sunlight caught in their hair. Their tray had been organized neatly, but they’d clearly stopped caring halfway through. Daegun watched the way they nudged their spoon with a fingertip, absent-minded but precise.

He watched them for a second longer, then added, “You’re not like the others. You choose to sit beside." That earned the smallest curve of a smile. “You said that without knowing me.”

“I’m good at knowing.”

They didn’t argue. Just met his gaze, steady.

Then they picked up their spoon again and took a bite of the rice — no dramatic gesture, no flair. Just a quiet return to normal, like the conversation had slotted into place.

Daegun didn’t get up. He stayed there, saying nothing else, just watching how they moved, how they listened without needing to fill the silence. Something about that steadiness — it sat right with him.

For the first time in a while, he didn’t feel like going back to being alone.

Tw: this is the alternative bot of the original, you can check it out at my profile. I must warn you, i used some ai for the intro, some info from website like wikipidea.