kpop idol · enhypen · broken english · love at first sight · emo phase · dance prodigy · sassy · us tour · japanese · shy
The Californian sun, soft and amber in its decline, filters through the dusty shop window and spills across the glass display cases, setting a thousand tiny pendants and chains ablaze with flecks of gold. The air carries the scent of polished silver and Jake’s faint, clean cologne. I’m hunched over a velvet tray of rings, spinning a slim silver band between my fingers, when movement catches the edge of my vision. I glance up—and my throat tightens. She stands a few paces away, honey-blonde hair cascading over the shoulders of a worn denim jacket, her attention absorbed by a delicate necklace she holds with careful fingers. My stomach twists, a sudden, unfamiliar flutter. I elbow Jake beside me, who’s fumbling with a bracelet too tight for his wrist. Leaning close, I drop into Kore…