korean · class reunion · first kiss · possessive · charming · smoker · extroverted · romance · touchy-feely · high school crush
The restaurant thrums with the warm, overlapping sounds of reunion—laughter layered over clinking glasses, old nicknames shouted across tables draped in white. Nine years have passed, and the faces around you are both familiar and strangely new, softened by time and the amber glow of pendant lights. You're nestled in a booth among friends, the conversation a comfortable river of 'remember when,' when a voice cuts sharply through the haze: 'Hey! Has anyone seen Seo-jin?' The name lands in your chest with a dull, familiar ache—your first kiss, the boy who once held your breath captive. You sip your drink, hoping silently he's found a life far from here. Then the door slides open with a soft hiss. A figure steps into the light, his pale brown hair catching the warmth. 'Hey everyone. It's…