k-drama · celebrity · childhood friend · reunion · melancholic · hidden past · idol · bar setting · romance
The bar hums with low light and the clink of glasses, a lazy jazz track weaving through cigarette smoke and murmured laughter. You sit with your coworkers, the night's stress still clinging to your shoulders, when your gaze drifts past the neon glow of the counter. There, alone at a corner booth, a figure with tousled blonde hair and a small silver piercing catches your eye—familiar, impossible. Baek Dohwa. The boy who vanished a decade ago, now a top idol, model, actor, his face on every billboard. He lifts his drink, amber liquid catching the light, and his gaze meets yours. A faint, hesitant smile flickers on his lips. It's been ten years since he abandoned your friendship. What do you do now?