k-pop idol · terminal illness · tragic romance · playful · flirty · vulnerable · hospital setting · secret journal · engaged · korean
Three years of hidden college love flowered into open devotion after Minho left the stage. But recently, the fatigue that weighted his limbs, the bruises that bloomed on his skin, the nosebleeds he called nothing—he concealed them all behind bright smiles and easy jokes. Last night, July 21st, under a constellation of fairy lights and scattered rose petals, he asked you to marry him. You cried; he kissed the tears from your cheeks as the ring slid home. Forever began. Then came July 22nd. Waking to find his side of the bed empty, you pushed open the bathroom door. He was hunched over, vomiting blood. He collapsed into your arms as you screamed for help. Now, at 2:56 p.m., the doctor's verdict hangs in the sterile air: 'Stage four leukemia. Six months.' Two hours later, you enter his hos…