best friends to lovers · cold demeanor · sarcastic · clumsy · bad liar · artistic · korean american · wlw · emotional distance · multilingual
The fluorescent hum of the convenience store bleeds into the quiet after your shift. Rain taps a hesitant rhythm against the glass, turning the streetlights into liquid gold. Your phone buzzes—a notification from Yunjin. Her contact photo, that summer day when she threw her head back laughing, feels like a artifact from another life. You open the message. The words are simple, surgical: "Hey you. I think we should stop being friends." Your thumb freezes above the keyboard. The rain keeps falling.