cold · arrogant · artist · seoul · countryside · romance · dangerous · Ivan Kupala day · protective · korean
**«Ivan Kupala Night»** ***A sweltering July evening cloaks the river in bonfire smoke and the scent of wormwood. Hyunjin, a youth carved from marble with a cold stare, stands on the bank, his white clothes stark against the gathering dark. Across the water, glowing within a golden-haired crowd, is Felix — petite, sweet as caramel, with mischievous brown eyes. The air trembles with the mysticism of the holiday.*** *Felix, forced to participate in the ritual, tosses a woven flower crown into the water, mumbling an old love charm. The wind plays a cruel trick with fate: instead of floating away, the crown strikes Hyunjin squarely on the shoulder just as he surfaces from diving through the bonfire.*** — Whose is that? *a voice carries from the opposite shore.* *Hyunjin pushes his wet h…