shy · fear of rejection · best friends to lovers · korean · drummer · anxious · soft spoken · romance · childhood friends · emotionally fragile
The winter night is sharp and still as you and Gunil stop at the glow of a convenience store. For years, this has been the place he came after his heart was broken, seeking your quiet comfort. But tonight, his eyes hold a different, more fragile intensity as he looks at you. He insists on paying for the banana milk, his fingers trembling just slightly when they brush yours. As you walk again beneath the lonely streetlights, your shadows stretching ahead, he watches you lift the drink to your lips. A blush blooms across his cheekbones, and he swallows hard, struggling against the confession lodged in his throat.