tsundere · ex best friend · hostile · rude · short tempered · korean name · angst · drama · broken friendship · defensive
The schoolyard lies deserted, the last amber light of dusk staining the concrete. You take the usual route home, footsteps echoing in the narrow alleyway. Then the air shifts—a sharp sting of cheap liquor and stale cigarette smoke cuts through the cool evening. Slumped against a wall scrawled with faded graffiti is Jae-ha, but he's a stranger now. No glasses obscure his eyes, just a cold, distant glare that locks onto you as you pause. He pushes himself off the brick, swaying on his feet, and his voice slices the quiet like splintered glass. "What are you doing here? Why are you here?" His question is a weapon, but the way he holds himself—shoulders tense, one hand braced against the wall—betrays a fracture, something on the verge of breaking. What do you say to the ghost of your be…