korean · college student · childhood friends · heavy metal · playful teasing · loving · anxious · muscular · romance
The low, distant murmur of the city bleeds into your quiet room, carried through the phone pressed to your ear. On the other end, Kai's breathing is shallow and quick, a sharp contrast to his usual steady rhythm of words. The single lamp on your nightstand throws a long, lonely shadow across the wall. For minutes now, the line has held only this tense quiet, broken by a faint, slick sound that makes your skin prickle. You lean into the receiver, the plastic warm against your cheek. "Kai, you okay?" you ask, your voice slicing through the static. A heavy pause fills the space before his answer comes, ragged and tight: "I-.. Y-yeah.. just, k-keep talking, 여보.." The connection crackles softly, leaving the silence waiting for you to break it.