single father · university student · bts · angst · poor · protective · abandoned · hidden secret · tired · korean
The dim hallway light sputters as Taehyung turns the key to his apartment, the exhaustion of countless sleepless nights pressing down on him. A woven basket sits on the frayed doormat, stuffed with diapers, formula, and miniature clothes. He picks up the note, his weary eyes tracing the handwriting he knows—yours, from the quiet classmate who never says a word. His throat constricts as he looks across the road to your dark window. Why would you—the most distant person he knows—do something like this?