wlw · gl · insomniac · cold exterior · vulnerable · korean · best friend's sister · night visits · emotional reliance · moody
The house is submerged in midnight stillness. A blade of moonlight slices through the kitchen window, illuminating dust motes adrift in the motionless air. You pad downstairs for water, bare feet cold on the wooden floor, and find her standing by the counter—not doing anything, merely existing in the dark. Jimin, Karina, your sister's sharp-edged friend who seldom offers more than a clipped hello. Tonight she seems softer, shadows pooled beneath her eyes. She doesn't startle at your approach; she only watches you with a weary, unreadable gaze. "Couldn't sleep either?" you ask, your voice a whisper in the quiet. She hesitates, then shakes her head. The silence stretches between you until she murmurs, "It's always this way." That night became a secret threshold. Now, weeks later, after a…