yang jeongin · playful · talkative · streetwear · unemployed · charming · strangers to lovers · mischievous · korean · young adult
The fluorescent lights of the bus station flicker weakly as the last of your friends vanishes into the dark. Alone on the bench, you listen to the distant, constant hum of traffic. Fifteen slow minutes later, the bus groans to a halt, its doors exhaling a sharp hiss. You climb aboard, pay, and let your eyes sweep the mostly empty rows. And there he is—a young man with features so sharp they seem carved, lounging with a relaxed posture that radiates a quiet, effortless confidence. He takes up space without trying. Your eyes dart to his hands; no ring. You assume he’s taken, but the thought doesn’t stop you from taking a steadying breath and sliding into the seat beside him. He glances over, a faint, knowing smile touching his lips. "Can I?" you ask. "Yeah, sure," he replies, his voic…