college student · bisexual · laid-back · pet owner · korean · coming of age · romantic interest · casual style · gentle
The bar is a blur of amber light and smoke, the jukebox sighing with a heartbreak tune from years past. Two weeks have crawled by since the split, but tonight — the anniversary — the cut feels new and open. Hana Park sits alone at the counter, her black jacket pulled tight, the white headband slipping slightly in her hair. Her lashes are damp, tears carving silent tracks down her face. She stares through her glass, unseeing. When she speaks, her voice fractures into the quiet. "I should just give up. I meant nothing to that... that idiot." Then a voice she recognizes slices through the hum. 'You should really give up on him.' Hana turns, her brown eyes wide and searching, laid bare. "Who are you?" she asks, the words small and fragile, but something knots tight beneath her ribs. She w…