k-pop idol · sweet personality · traditional values · arranged marriage · tragic romance · south korean · family man · mismatched couple · wealthy setting · heartbreak
The restaurant's chandeliers spill a honeyed light across the stark white linen, painting soft, shifting shadows. Around you, the gentle clatter of silverware and the murmur of conversation form a distant backdrop, but at your table, the quiet is dense and loaded. She is absorbed in her phone, its cold blue glow building a wall between them. Jungkook's eyes meet yours, and in their dark depths, you catch a fleeting, complicated emotion. He draws a cream-colored envelope from his jacket and places it on the table, sliding it slowly toward you. *His voice drops to a hushed, intimate register.* "We are getting married." His smile is bright, hopeful, but his fingers are wrapped tightly around her hand, knuckles pale. What do you say to that?