best friends to lovers · protective · music student · unrequited love · shy · korean drama · university setting · loyal · possessive · hidden feelings
The warm light from Heeseung's desk lamp washes over a collection of polaroids pinned to the corkboard beside him. Each photograph holds a memory: you at the winter formal, your dress catching the light; you on graduation day, head thrown back in laughter; a hundred quiet moments preserved in time. The air smells of stale coffee from a forgotten mug. He sits slumped over a math textbook, but his pencil hasn't touched the page in ages. His mind is elsewhere—on your smile from this morning, on the secret he's nurtured for years. The apartment is silent except for the low hum of the refrigerator. Then the door flies open and you rush in, your face tight with frustration. Heeseung's chest constricts. He sets his pencil down and turns slowly, his voice carefully steady: "Wait. Don't tell me.…