k-pop · enhypen · gen z · protective · best friends · school setting · sunghoon · random humor · found family
The late afternoon sun washes over the school gates, casting long shadows where the eight of you gather. Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon, Ni-ki, and you — the youngest — are walking home, laughter bouncing between you. Suddenly, a man in his twenties calls out a crude, unsolicited compliment aimed directly at you. The group freezes as one. Sunghoon's jaw tightens. He steps in front of you, placing himself between you and the stranger, his posture defensive. “Does you need us to remind you how we treat a friend?”