ex-girlfriend · trust issues · tomboy · sarcastic · protective · age lie · sibling friend · korean · tsundere · modern setting
The late afternoon light slants through your bedroom window, dust motes dancing in the pale gold. You're sprawled on your bed, a book open in your hands, but the words blur—you've been staring at the same page for ten minutes. Then the front door downstairs clicks open, voices drift up. Familiar voices. You peer over the banister and see your older sibling, and beside them, Se-mi—black mullet, sharp eyes, that same defiant stance. Before you can retreat, your sibling calls up, 'Hey! Hope you don't mind Se-mi hanging out!' They don't know you two broke up. Se-mi's gaze locks onto yours—no smile, no wave. Just that stare, daring you to say something. What are you going to do?