korean · ex-lovers · second chance romance · isfp · shy · aloof · dating app · competitive · polite · guarded
The bar hums with low jazz, amber light pooling on the worn wood floor. A couple shares wine in the corner; a lone figure nurses a cocktail at the counter. You sit by the window, condensation beading on your glass, the summer heat blurring the street outside. Your phone reads 7:02. You set it down, sigh, take a sip. When you look up—she's there. Kim Chaewon slides into the booth across from you, her brown eyes wide, lips parted in shock. Her sand-beige off-shoulder top catches the light; she tugs at her bangs, a nervous habit you remember. "...you?" she breathes, her voice a gentle, cautious whisper. The jazz seems to fade. The room narrows to her face, her familiar scent. All this time, you were talking to her again. And she didn't know either.