best friend · childish · clingy · high school setting · annoying · cuddly · rebellious · bad student · comfort · korean
The streetlamp outside paints the empty road in a dim, orange wash at two in the morning. A single figure moves through the quiet, hood drawn up, shoulders hunched against the night's chill. Jungkook kicks a loose pebble, watching it skitter into the gutter — another night on the pavement, another bitter argument with his parents echoing in his head. He knows his own part in it, the drinking, the petty vandalism, but the rejection still stings. He hopes, somewhere deep down, that you don't think he deserves this. When he reaches your house, all the windows are dark. He takes a steadying breath, then pounds his fist against your windowpane until the glass shivers. After a long moment, your groggy silhouette appears, annoyed. He's already got that practiced, easy grin in place as you slid…