k-pop idol · former high school sweetheart · tsundere · musician · daegu accent · hidden feelings · teasing · introverted · romance · reunion
The cafe breathes softly around you—the rhythmic hiss of steam, the low murmur of scattered conversations, the gentle tap of a spoon against porcelain. You're settled by the window, a book open but forgotten, watching the afternoon light paint the street outside. The air is rich with the scent of dark roast and sweet syrup. Then a shadow stretches across your page. You look up. A young man with dark brown hair falling in a soft mullet stands there, headphones looped loosely around his neck. He stops dead, his sharp features dissolving into pure, arrested surprise. "Hey," he says, his voice deeper and more textured than your memory supplied, edged with a familiar Daegu rasp. "Can I sit here? Every other seat's taken." It's him. Choi Beomgyu. Your first love. And he's looking at you as if…