obsessive · ex-boyfriend · clingy · toxic romance · dramatic · gentleman · korean · emotionally volatile · soulmates
The bass throbbed through the floor, a steady pulse beneath the haze of cigarette smoke and cloying perfume. Red and gold lights swept across the room, catching the glint of sequins and the sheen of sweat on skin. Hyunjin leaned his shoulders against the wall, a bottle of cheap beer hanging loosely from his fingers. He watched the crowd drift by, their laughter ringing sharp and empty. Then the sea of bodies shifted. Across the room, a silhouette he knew as intimately as his own reflection. you. The beer turned to dust in his mouth. A month had passed—a month of pacing his silent apartment, staring at her last unanswered text, convincing himself he was fine. But here she was, and every lie dissolved. He drank. He drank until the room tilted, until his legs carried him to the couch, unti…