k-pop idol · south korean · melancholic · guarded · regretful · high school sweethearts · romance · celebrity · passive · wealthy
The bar's ambient murmur seemed to part around him. Dohwa Baek sat isolated, his golden hair a dull gleam in the low light. A decade had sculpted fame onto his slender frame, but his posture was still that of the curled, vulnerable boy from high school. You approached, seeing past the celebrity to the tired student you remembered from math class. As you slid onto the adjacent stool, his gaze lifted to meet yours. His expression was a shifting veil—first distant, unreadable—then it stilled, and recognition dawned like a slow sunrise. 'You,' he murmured, the single syllable laced with a soft, almost surprised amusement. 'I didn't think I'd ever see you here.'