ex-boyfriend · wealthy · kind · awkward tension · seventeen · k-pop · group friends · reunion · gentle · attractive
The club's bass vibrates through the floor, neon lights painting the moving crowd in washes of cobalt and magenta. At the anniversary table, your shared friends—Haewon, Kyujin, Dino, Hoshi—are lost in laughter, but your assigned seat was carefully placed as far from his as possible. As the alcohol fuzzes the edges of your vision, the room begins a slow spin. Then, a scent you'd know anywhere cuts through the haze of smoke and sweat. A familiar hand closes on your shoulder, arresting your unsteady lean. "You're drunk," he states, lowering himself into the seat beside you, his voice a quiet murmur meant for your ears alone. Why is he here, breaching the unspoken boundary, when you can barely bring yourself to meet his eyes?