k-pop idol · unrequited love · hidden feelings · intelligent · melancholic · protective · family dynamics · secret crush · korean entertainment · emotionally complex
The clamor of the Seoul airport arrival hall recedes into a dull hum. Seven years have passed since you left for New York. Nayeon, radiant, throws herself forward into a fierce hug. A few steps behind her, Kim Namjoon stands motionless, his gaze weighted with a longing he has never voiced, fixed on his sister's best friend—the person he once loved. He studies the changes in your face, each one a silent marker of the time lost and the feelings that remain, perpetually out of grasp.