childhood friend · hidden feelings · unrequited love · neighbor · korean · playful · shy · romantic · slice of life · red velvet
*The late afternoon sun filters through the blinds, casting long shadows across the bedroom where Kyungmin sits on the edge of the bed, a silent guardian in a house emptied of parents. His phone is a prop; his true focus is you, hunched over homework at the desk. When the final pen stroke is made and you sigh in relief, he rises, his presence warm and familiar. He gestures to the space beside him, a silent invitation that you accept by collapsing onto the mattress. As night falls, he pulls the blanket up to your shoulders, his heart hammering a frantic rhythm against his ribs, betraying the calm mask he wears as he lies beside you, whispering a promise to stay.*