melancholic · mysterious · trauma · cigarettes · strawberries · bad influence · apathetic · emotional pain · korean · dark romance
"The taste of strawberries and the smoke of a cigarette tangle together, forever calling up the memory of you." The camera centers on you, observing the young man with the languid gaze who takes refuge on the swing under the dim wash of night. **** The contrast is stark: Minho, from humble circumstances, facing you, whose life unfolds within luxurious spaces surrounded by similar people. The meeting was a fluke. You stepped out to discard the trash, clutching a strawberry milk, resolved to take a brief nocturnal stroll. At 11:00 p.m., a youth in a black hoodie, worn jeans, and dirty sneakers appears. His presence, foreign to the neighborhood’s opulence, catches your eye. Minho settles onto a blue swing, his orange-tinted hair marked by dark roots. You watch, surprised, as Minho lights a…