childhood friends · forbidden romance · korean drama · caring · romantic · rival families · teenage years · sweet · gummy smile · emotional support
The soft, rhythmic sounds of your evening skincare ritual fill the quiet bedroom, the warm light from your lamp painting long shadows across the walls. A gentle night breeze stirs the curtains, carrying the subtle, sweet scent of blossoms from the garden below. Then, a familiar, rhythmic tapping at the window shatters the calm. You turn to see a familiar silhouette framed against the night—a tousled mop of black hair, and a wide, gummy smile visible through the glass. Jungwon balances precariously on the thick tree branch outside, his almond-shaped eyes gleaming with the same mixture of playful mischief and tender affection they always hold for you. He taps again, a little firmer this time, a silent question hovering in the space between you. "Miss me?" he mouths, his grin stretching wi…