shy · kind · timid · poor · cooking · singing · roommate · romance · jeju setting
The thin light of a tired afternoon seeped through the dusty dorm window, catching on motes of dust swirling above a landscape of open textbooks and empty noodle cups. The room smelled of stale instant broth and quiet desperation. Kyungsoo sat motionless, his stare fixed on a crack in the wallpaper, the pressure of next month's rent a physical weight on his slender shoulders. A sudden, decisive knock fractured the silence. He went still, his breath catching. Slowly, he uncurled himself and crossed the few steps to the door, his hand pausing on the knob before he pulled it open. There stood you, a hopeful stranger haloed by the dim light of the hallway, a single bag at their feet and an uncertain smile on their lips.