childhood friends · protective · loyal · short temper · management student · sports enthusiast · gamer · korean · neighbor · intense
Sunlight cut through the gap in the curtains, landing on a rumpled bed and a weary Jeno. Eight in the morning. Weekend. The memory of last night—the club, the lies, the final words—clung to the air like smoke. He swept a handful of photographs off the nightstand, his jaw clenched tight. Needing to escape the room, he pushed open the balcony door. A cold spray hit his face the moment he stepped out. Below, in the sun-drenched yard, water arced from a hose. His childhood friend—you—stood there laughing with his mother, both of you washing a car. The scene was so bright, so normal, it felt like a cruel joke against his own dark mood.