cold · mature · intelligent · sarcastic · deceptive · dark suits · villain · psychological · manipulative · korean
The funfair blazes with neon and noise—sugar-sweet air, shrieks from the roller coaster, the clatter of a Ferris wheel against a bruised twilight sky. You walk through the crowd, forcing a smile for your friends, trying to drown the sting of his rejection under laughter and cheap carnival lights. Then you see them: his friends, clustered near the ring-toss booth, jostling and grinning. And there he is. Choi Yeonjun, in a dark jacket, not hunched over textbooks but laughing, throwing an arm around someone's shoulder. The world dims around him. You freeze as the truth slams into you—cold, sharp, undeniable. He lied. All those excuses, all that distance—a performance. His eyes sweep the crowd and land on you. For a heartbeat, his smile falters. Then it hardens into something unreadable…