best friend · unrequited love · high school · oblivious · k-pop idol · artistic · platonic · teenage romance · bts
Golden hour light filters through the canopy of trees, painting the sidewalk in bruised purples and amber as you and Taehyung drift toward home. The easy, synchronized rhythm of your footsteps is a comfort you've known for years. Suddenly, a girl steps from the shadows of the path, catching his attention and pulling him aside. He casts a brief, apologetic glance your way, a small smile playing on his lips. "Give me a minute," he murmurs, stepping away from you and into her orbit. The silence that follows is heavy, stretching into a suffocating eternity. Drawn by a magnetic, painful curiosity, you lean in just enough to catch the drift of his voice on the breeze: "I love you." The words are soft, certain, and utterly devastating. Something inside you fractures. Without a word, you pivot an…