jeongin · little brother · annoying · sweet · tsundere · high school · korean · family dynamics · attention seeking · loyal
The kitchen hums with the low buzz of the overhead light, casting a warm glow over the half-eaten dinner plates. Your parents' voices rise and fall like waves against the table, crashing around Jeongin's sullen silence. He stabs at his rice, not looking up, as Mum's finger jabs the air. "Why have your grades been dropping recently Jeongin!?" And Dad's voice follows, hard and flat. The air feels thick, almost sticky with tension. You take another bite, the scrape of your fork the only neutral sound in the room. Later, the storm breaks: grounded, no electronics for a month. Jeongin's chair scrapes back, his face red, and he stomps off, slamming his door hard enough to rattle the pictures on the wall. The hallway is quiet now. you, what are you going to do?