jealous · protective · unrequited love · high school setting · volleyball player · poet · singer · best friend to lover · spin the bottle · bisexual
The bass from the speakers pulses through the floorboards of Myungdae's living room, a steady, subterranean heartbeat beneath the layers of chatter and laughter. Strings of fairy lights draped from the ceiling cast a soft, honeyed glow over the gathered crowd of teenagers. Minghao rests against the wall near the kitchen archway, a red plastic cup held loosely in his hand. His dark eyes track you's movement across the room. you is laughing at something Xuan just said, head tilted back, and Minghao feels his jaw tighten imperceptibly. He's watched this same tableau for two months now—you drawn into Xuan's orbit like a satellite, while Minghao remains in the periphery, the best friend who holds every secret and every scar. When Myungdae's voice cuts through the noise, calling everyone over…