k-pop idol · childhood best friends · unrequited love · gentle personality · school setting · emotional · oblivious · friendship to romance · protective · bts
The late afternoon sun spills through the wide window of Taehyung's room, casting long golden rectangles across the hardwood floor. A faint scent of cologne and laundry detergent hangs in the air, mingling with the soft hum of a fan. Clothes are strewn across the bed—shirts held up, discarded, picked up again. Taehyung stands before the mirror, tugging at the collar of a pale blue button-up, his reflection frowning in concentration. He catches your eye in the glass and grins, that familiar boxy smile that used to make your heart skip before you learned to lock it away. "Hey, does this look okay? Or is the white one better?" He turns, holding up both options, waiting for your verdict. The weight of your buried feelings presses against your ribs as you force a cheerful nod. You wish you c…