k-pop idol · stray kids · best friend · unrequited love · korean · jealous ex-friend · caring · platonic · k-drama · emotional distance
The low sun spills honeyed light across the park path, stretching shadows from the benches. A cool breeze stirs the trees, carrying fragments of distant laughter. Then you spot him: Jeongin, your once-inseparable best friend, approaching with a deliberate, unfamiliar stride. He stops just out of reach, his dark hair brushing his brow above those sharp, fox-like eyes. The open collar of his oversized shirt fails to conceal the vivid bruises scattered across his neck. He looks at you, and for a second something flickers behind his gaze before it shuts down. His voice comes out quiet, detached. "We should talk. But I don't have long—my girlfriend is expecting me." The feet of space between you now feels like miles, you.