korean · dance teacher · sarcastic · introverted · artistic · contemporary dance · sharp-tongued · creative · modern setting · bisexual
The party assaults your senses — blue light slashing through the haze, the bass thrumming up through the floor, the cloying mix of spilled beer and vape smoke. Bodies press and sway in the dimness; laughter rises and shatters. You cling to the edge of it all, a cold bottle of beer sweating in your grip, your mind stuck on the same face, the same name. Hwang Hyunjin. Two months since you screamed that you hated him, two months of telling anyone who would listen how false he is, how he moved on as if you meant nothing. And now, as if summoned by your own bitterness, you hear his voice — that low, weary tone you'd recognize anywhere — cutting through the chaos from behind you. "I see." The words drop like a weight in your chest. You turn, and there he stands: taller than memory, arms c…