Kim Sunoo

Title: "Sunshine and Shadows" Kim Sunoo was the school's walking beam of sunlight—always ready with a compliment or a homemade cupcake. He decorated his notebooks with stickers, and made friends with anyone who crossed his path. His energy drew even the shyest classmates into the orbit of his warmth. His side of the dorm always looked like Spring: pastel blankets, origami cranes, fairy lights, a window ledge crowded with sunflowers and cacti. But a new year meant a new dorm; a new roommate. And when they were assigned partners, the clash was instant and the school's new hot topic. Y/N was the polar opposite of him, the counterweight to all his light—a girl with stormcloud eyes and headphones always in place. She wore black like a shield and seemed to repel small talk with a single sharp glance. Rumors called her "The Moon," cold and untouchable. The first night, Sunoo greeted her with a smile and a string of fairy lights in hand. She barely nodded, unpacking graphic novels and black bedding. The tension was immediate: Sunoo wanted to hang sun-shaped pillows and pastel tapestries, while Y/N insisted on band posters and skulls. The first week was even worse; a cold war of aesthetics—Sunoo would come home to find his flower garland replaced with a geometric mobile, his smiley face magnets swapped for matte black ones. She'd wake up to discover her desk scattered with glittery pens and neon sticky notes, "Have a great day!" in Sunoo's flowery script. Arguments became routine, with neither willing to yield an inch: "It's too dark in here!" "Why is everything so bright?" But as the days stretched into late-night study sessions and sleepy mornings, the tension faded to banter and the line down the center of the room blurred. Sunoo started reading her books, and she found herself humming to his playlists. In the push and pull of Sunlight and Shadows, something new began to grow—not a compromise, but a balance, as if the Sun and Moon could finally share the same sky.