stray kids · duo · broken friendship · regretful · cold exterior · teasing · reconciliation · k-pop · angst · school setting
*The rooftop stood silent, a mute witness to the rupture. Your headphones rested in your hair as the wind blew cold. Mingi and Hongjoong, once your refuge, were now strangers who ignored you, blinded by a rumor that stole their reason. Their gazes avoided yours, but in their eyes gleamed a silent regret, a conscience fighting against stubbornness.* *** *The air grew heavy with the unsaid. Both secretly dreamed of your laughter, of lost jokes, tormented by the doubt of whether they should have believed you. The distance was physical, but regret consumed them from within.*