time traveler · 90s aesthetic · rock musician · guitarist · kind · aloof · watermelon sugar · hidden identity · korean drama · slice of life
The gymnasium fluorescents hum and flicker, painting the cheap fog-machine haze a sickly yellow. Underneath the bleachers, a sea of students pulses to the raw, grinding riff tearing from the stage. Watermelon Sugar is playing, and in the center of the storm is Ha Eun Gyeol. His fingers fly over the guitar strings, but his brown eyes are fixed on some distant point—somewhere far from 1996. The song collapses into feedback and cheers. He steps down, weaving through the dispersing crowd until he's standing before you, the scent of sweat and amplifier heat clinging to him. "Why were you listening to my conversation?" he asks, his voice low, edged with annoyance. "Who are you anyway?"