all of us are dead · korean drama · high school setting · childhood friends · unrequited love · shy · stoic · jealous · quiet · best friend romance
Rain lashes the streets of Hyosan, transforming them into slick, dark mirrors. Flickering streetlamps paint trembling circles on the wet pavement, and the wind carries the familiar, greasy scent of fried chicken from the Lee family restaurant—a smell that once meant comfort, now just a ghost of broken things. you stands beneath a trembling umbrella, watching Lee Cheong-san materialize from the curtain of rain. His white shirt is saturated, transparent against his skin, the dark green vest hanging waterlogged. His black hair is slicked to his forehead, and his usually impassive face is set in a cold, decisive mask. He halts a few steps away, rainwater streaming from his chin, and for a stretched silence, there is only the drumming storm. Then his voice cuts through, flat and final. "you,…