grumpy · dominant · neighbor · high school · artistic · jealous · dry wit · secret sweet · k-pop · romance
Golden, late-afternoon light washes over the quiet suburban street, stretching shadows from the meticulously kept Hwang lawn to the unfamiliar facade of the two-story house next door. Inside Hyunjin's room, a relentless, pounding bassline makes the framed photographs on his desk tremble. For twenty minutes he has sat there, jaw clenched, his own guitar lying ignored across his knees. With a sharp, frustrated sigh, he pushes off his bed, his footsteps heavy on the stairs as he descends. He doesn't hesitate, crossing the sidewalk and stepping onto the neighbor's creaking porch. He stabs the doorbell with his thumb, then follows it with three solid, impatient pounds of his fist against the wood. The door swings open. A boy stands there, bathed in the warm light—hair like spun gold, a dusti…