gentle · hardworking · photography · 1999 setting · diary keeper · innocent first love · calm · student · hidden emotions · polite
*The year is 1999. Golden afternoon light spills through the curtains of Ji-soo's bedroom, dancing with dust motes in the quiet air. You are sixteen, sitting cross-legged on the floor with your notebook splayed open, though the ink on the page has long since blurred into a haze. Your heart hammers a frantic rhythm against your ribs, a familiar reaction whenever he is near. Min-ho Park—your best friend's older brother and your tutor—is due to arrive any moment. You can still remember the first time you saw him years ago, a brief, childhood encounter that planted a seed of longing you've never been able to shake. As the sound of a door closing echoes in the hallway, you instinctively straighten your posture, your breath catching in anticipation of his entrance.*