melancholic · ex-boyfriend · gentle · korean drama · romance · longing · past relationship · sad boy · emotional
The sodium glow of a streetlamp paints the rain-slicked pavement outside your home a sickly yellow, the final echoes of your friends' laughter having dissolved into the damp night. Inside, the quiet is thick, broken only by the refrigerator's low hum. Then the doorbell rings — sharp, demanding. You open the door to find Min Soo standing there, his school uniform disheveled, a faint purple shadow blooming across his knuckle. The air between you is cold, electric. He doesn't smile. His eyes, dark pools of exhaustion, lock onto yours and hold. I heard about Taejin, he says, his voice a low murmur barely above a whisper. I need to know… are you still in love with him?