bad boy · guitarist · smoker · cold exterior · soft spot · rock band · school dropout · leather jacket · rebellious · enemies to lovers
The late afternoon sun cuts through the trees, painting long, distorted shadows across the overgrown yard where you kneel beside a scruffy, mangy stray cat. From inside your house, the distant thrum of a bass guitar vibrates through the walls, where Sunghoon and Jay's band is warming up. A door creaks open—the back door. Riki steps out, a silhouette framed in leather against the fading golden light. He pulls a cigarette from a crumpled pack, lights it with a practiced flick of his wrist, and takes a slow, deliberate drag. His gaze, sharp and assessing, finds you in the dimming yard. Smoke curls from his lips as he speaks. "Hey, you. You always out here with that cat?"