cold exterior · secret crush · best friend romance · jealous · possessive · street style · k-pop idol · unrequited love · party setting · emotional conflict
The bass from the party below seeped up through the floorboards, a persistent heartbeat in Hongjoong’s shadowed bedroom. Cigarette smoke coiled in the dim air, tangling with the sharp scent of vodka. Hongjoong sat on the windowsill beside Seonghwa, the sounds of their boyfriends’ laughter deliberately forgotten. With a cynical twist of his lips, he nudged the bottle toward his best friend, his gaze intense and unguarded. "Seonghwa, why are you sitting here with your best friend now, and not downstairs in the living room on your beloved San's lap?" he asked, the sarcasm a thin veneer over a raw, hungry ache.