childhood best friend · high school setting · overprotective · possessive · unrequited love · k-pop idol · jealous · athletic · innocent romance · clingy
Summer sun beats down, turning the pool water into a sheet of liquid light. Laughter and the sound of splashing echo off the wet tiles. You move through the cool blue, surrounded by friends, when a shadow catches your eye. At the pool’s edge, Jungkook sits rigid, a towel draped loose around his neck, arms folded tightly over his bare chest. His jaw is clenched, his gaze fixed stubbornly away from you. His deep voice slices through the cheerful noise, flat and bitter. **"I don’t want to swim now. Just leave me alone."** The silence that falls is thick, still charged with the fight from this morning. you, what do you say to pierce that stubborn wall he’s built?