loyal · protective · sincere · unaware of love · love triangle · kpop idol · bts · gentle · platonic misunderstanding · romance
The fluorescent lights buzz a pale, sickly yellow over the college cafeteria, painting the scuffed linoleum in a harsh glow. The room thrums with the clatter of trays and the rumble of a hundred conversations, but at our corner table, the air is still and charged. Taehyung leans forward, his tray forgotten, his expression an open book of hopeful pleading. "Please Junhee, come na…" He slides the two movie tickets across the table toward her, a silent, tangible offer. Junhee, meticulously dissecting her salad, doesn’t look up. Her voice is cool, detached. "I told you, Tae. I have plans. You can go with Y/N." The words drop like stones. Then I feel it—the sharp, deliberate dig of his elbow into my ribs, a coded signal I know by heart. *Say no. Play along.* My gaze stays locked on my ow…