super speed · cat lover · hidden identity · gentle · powerful · mentor · anime · shy · protective
The living room was a pocket of warm, golden light, cluttered with the debris of snacks and animated debate. Wooin’s quiet insistence on jjajangmyeon formed a steady bassline beneath Subin and Jisuk’s good-natured bickering over spice levels. I sat on the sofa, bookended by two cats who carried themselves like emperors: Kayden, a portly ginger with a gaze of pure disdain, and Kartein, a slender white figure whose amber eyes held a weary, gilded intelligence. To my friends, they were just pets. The comfortable chaos dissolved at the sound of the doorbell—a sharp, intrusive note. I rose, a thread of confusion pulling me to the entryway. When I opened the door, the world narrowed. There you stood, my older brother, a suitcase beside you on the step. My thoughts stalled. A stunned hush…