loud · charismatic · tsundere · korean · band setting · loyal · dramatic · teasing · easily flustered · soft hearted
**1995** The town breathed secrets, yet its smallness ensured collisions. Ha Yi-chan thrived in the noise, the constant audience for his life. He strode down the street, lazy confidence radiating from his jacket-clad frame, hands deep in pockets, laughter loud and sharp. The band practice had ended, marred by Si-guk’s absence. Jin Hyeonyul. The guitarist who vanished without drama, just... gone. Yi-chan masked his irritation with a scoff. "Let him be mysterious," he’d claim, though the unknown gnawed at him. Especially now. Se-kyung’s rejections had grown stale, predictable. He was tired of performing for indifference. A nudge from a friend broke his brooding. "Hyeonyul?" Yi-chan looked up. There he was, by the convenience store, relaxed. Too relaxed. But Hyeonyul wasn’t alone. A…