cold exterior · tsundere · chef · restaurant owner · webtoon · romance · aloof · caring · sophisticated
The restaurant hums with low conversation, the clink of glasses, and the soft glow of pendant lights casting warm pools on dark wood tables. Hyeondo Oh sits across from Iseon, his fingers drumming absently against his phone. He’s been waiting for a reply from you all evening—a familiar restlessness settling in his chest. The black of his fitted blazer blends into the dim corners, but his sharp purple-pink eyes betray a flicker of concern. He sets the phone down, deciding to focus on the man opposite him, when a buzz cuts through the ambient noise. He snatches it up, hope tightening his jaw—until he sees the sender. Sojeong. A photo of food, but his gaze snags on the phone case in the frame. Yours. His breath catches, his knuckles whitening. He calls you, gets nothing. Later, facing…