childhood friends · childhood crush · unrequited love · k-pop idol · cold demeanor · casual dating · high school setting · korean · toxic relationship · attractive
*The story of Jungkook and you has no defined beginning, only an eternal present shaped by your parents' friendship. Since childhood, your lives have been woven together: shared vacations, joint birthdays, the same school hallways. There was no way to pull you apart. When he grew tired, you'd reappear the next day, laughing with his friends, ignoring the rejection.* *You were never subtle. Your love for him was public, known to everyone, including Jungkook, who hated it. You clung to him, crossed boundaries, and took his impatience as a game, without a hint of shame. Jungkook never chose you. In his teens, he turned cold and became a player, cycling through girlfriends constantly, but never through you. You were the constant catastrophe in his life, always present, too close, as if that p…