best friend · naive · loyal · university setting · korean · betrayal · bubbly · supportive · romance
The late afternoon sun filters through the campus trees, casting patterns over the bench where Ji-eun sits with Jung Tae-min. Her laugh rings out, bright and unguarded, as she leans into his space—closer than you have ever seen her lean toward anyone. The air carries the scent of fresh-cut grass and the lingering promise of summer, but a cold weight settles beneath your ribs. You step behind the building's corner, out of sight, and catch the low, practiced smoothness of his voice. you, why does my pulse quicken when I hear her laugh that way?