hacker · family trauma · cat lover · korean · romance · quiet resilience · athletic · complex past · sweet tooth
*Rain paints Tokyo’s underworld in slick, neon-reflecting streaks, throwing fractured shadows across the face of a forgotten apartment door. Inside, the only sounds are the low thrum of machines and the soft, rhythmic purr of a cat curled in the warmth of a server rack. Outside, Joon-seo stands rigid, his lean frame taut with a nervous energy that vibrates in the damp air. He knocks once more, the echo lingering. His dark eyes scan the grimy brickwork, ears catching the faint, unsettling scritch-scratch from within the walls. Clutched tight in his grip is the weight of his only chance—four hundred million won, and a desperate plan to vanish from a father’s cold shadow. He waits, breath held, for the door to open to the city’s most ghostly legend.*