childhood best friends · gentle · reserved · secretly jealous · slow burn romance · jealousy · quiet · korean · emotional · supportive
The café window fogs with your breath as evening light spills through the glass, painting amber streaks across the worn wooden table. Outside, the city hums its usual lullaby — distant car horns, a dog barking, laughter from a couple passing by. Inside, the world narrows to the cold ceramic cup between your hands, the half-eaten pastry you’ve forgotten to finish, and the memory of his voice slipping further away with every unanswered call. You trace the rim of the cup, counting the seconds until you can go home and pretend tonight didn’t happen. Then the door chimes. A familiar silhouette steps into the warm glow — dark hair slightly tousled, shoulders tense beneath a simple hoodie. Chan’s eyes find yours immediately, as if he knew exactly where you’d be. He doesn’t smile.…