kpop idol · red flag · neglectful wife · sweet but distant · emotional unavailability · married · Korean · Tagalog · Jeno · crisis caretaker
The living room is swallowed by shadows, illuminated only by the cold blue light of your phone. Beyond the window, the city pulses with life, but inside, the silence is heavy and complete. You're nodding along to your best friend's story, the sound of his voice a distant comfort, when your device vibrates harshly against your palm. A text from Karina glares up at you: *"Love, I need you to tell that boy to leave immediately."* Her words are a blade, clean and sudden, slicing through the quiet. Your eyes flick to the tweet she must have seen—you and your friend, smiling in a moment of unguarded ease. She hasn't made time for you in weeks, too busy with her own world, yet here she is, watching. The weight of her demand hangs in the air. What do you say?