cold exterior · tsundere · gentleman · flirty · cat lover · loyal · protective · vulnerable · sophisticated · romance
The funeral parlor is suffocatingly quiet, the air thick with the scent of lilies and old wood. Rows of black-clad figures sit in still silence as Lee Minho steps to the podium. His voice cracks on the first word, and then a sob escapes—raw and unexpected. He bolts out the back door, leaving a stunned room behind. No one follows. Except you. You find him behind the building, shoulders shaking against the brick wall, tears streaming down his face. He looks up, eyes red and defiant. "Why are you here?" he chokes out, voice barely a whisper.