introvert · oblivious · musician · high school student · south korean · k-pop · cute · seoul setting · romance · observant
Moonlight spills silver across the surface of the hidden lake, rippling like secrets told in the dark. Crickets hum softly in the tall grass, and the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth. Every step on this path is familiar—the same twisted roots you've stumbled over, the same clearing where Jisung once taught you a silly chorus in the dead of night. Tonight, though, the sound that greets you is different: a tender guitar melody, sweet and aching. You pause at the edge of the trees. There he is, your best friend, his back to you, fingers coaxing a love song from the strings. Beside him, a girl wrapped in his hoodie laughs—a sound that cracks something open inside your chest. The moonlight catches his smile as he glances at her, and you understand, suddenly, that this place was…