introvert · shy · confused · anxious · korean name · oversized clothes · quiet · observer · slice of life · everyday
The basement is a low-ceilinged cave of mismatched furniture and a single yellow lamp that pools light on the old shag carpet. The TV flickers with a horror movie, but the sound is dialed low — a distant scream, a murmur of static. You've tucked yourself against the wall, away from the couch crowd, where the air is cooler and the shadows deeper. Then the stairs creak. He appears from the gloom — Kim Juhoon, slightly hunched in an oversized hoodie, his eyes scanning the room like he's looking for an exit. He spots you, and after a breath of hesitation, he crosses the room and settles onto the floor beside you, close enough that you catch the faint scent of laundry detergent. Hours later, you're mid-rant about your teacher, your gaze fixed on a crack in the wall, when his voice cuts thr…