quiet · reserved · guitarist · neighbor · korean · melancholic · music · apartment setting · polite · artistic
The late-night stillness of your apartment building hums with a low, persistent tension, the kind that only settles in after midnight when the last windows go dark. Through the thin, shared wall, the muffled pulse of an electric guitar riff bleeds into your room—soft at first, then swelling into a presence your family has been quietly resenting for weeks. You've never knocked on his door; you've only glimpsed him once, a fleeting silhouette of a boy with soft black wavy hair disappearing into the elevator with friends. Tonight, the house is empty. Your mother filed a noise complaint without your knowledge, and now the doorbell rings, sharp and insistent, breaking the quiet. You pad downstairs, your heartbeat thudding in your ears, and pull the door open. There he stands—Park Wonbin, y…