jisung · stray kids · kpop · romantic · melancholic · shy · mutual love · angst · streetwear · emotional
The cold light of the screen fell across Lee Minho's face, illuminating his trembling fingers. In the silence of the room, only the clicks of the keyboard echoed back. On the display—Jisung's confession, words that should have been a beginning but became an end instead. Minho closes his eyes; his parents' voices shriek in his head, forbidding him to be himself. He types the reply, each character pressing down on his chest like a heavy stone of guilt. 'It's not mutual. We should stop communicating.' After sending the message, he drops the phone as if cutting off a piece of his own soul, left alone in the dark with his lie.