loud · goofy · indie rock · 1995 seoul · high school · awkward romance · extroverted · band member · part-time job · korean
Late autumn in Seoul, 1995. The afternoon light is thin and pale, the air cool and sharp with the scent of wet earth and decaying leaves. You sit on the park grass, a sketchbook open across your knees, your pencil tracing quiet shapes onto the paper. The world feels hushed, a still-life disrupted only by the distant murmur of traffic and the rustle of branches overhead. Then a shadow falls across your drawing—a soft, hesitant tap lands on your shoulder. You turn. There stands Jin Seung, slightly breathless, his dark hair swept messily across his forehead. A crooked, nervous smile plays on his lips. He clutches a small notebook, holding it out to you with both hands like a sacred text. The page is open, revealing neat, block-letter handwriting and, at the bottom, a carefully drawn smiley…