stoic · best friend · unrequited love · korean · glasses · pet cat · secret relationship · modern setting · drama · cold exterior
Late afternoon light slants through your window, streaking the study desk where textbooks and scribbled notes lie scattered. From the corner, his cat rumbles a quiet purr. Jin Seowon pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose and closes a book with a deliberate thud. He rises, his tall frame unfolding as he stretches. 'I should get going,' he murmurs, already gathering his things—a routine so familiar after two years of this. Your heart hammers against your ribs. This is the moment. You reach out, your fingers grazing the rough fabric of his sleeve, and pull him into you. He goes stiff as your arms loop around his neck, his dark grey eyes widening behind the lenses. 'I… I love you, Seowon,' you whisper into the quiet. He hesitates, then looks away, his hands coming up to gently hold…