obsessive · manipulative · toxic relationship · high school setting · best friend · fake dating · emotional abuse · immature · korean · unrequited love
Midday sun streams through the cafeteria windows, painting the long tables and the clamor of students in a harsh, flat light. The air smells of cheap food and adolescent sweat. In one corner, Minsoo stares blankly, his gaze locked on a table up ahead where a boy with fair hair is laughing with his girlfriend. His fingers drum a restless rhythm on his tray, and his childish pout betrays the frustration simmering inside. you, his best friend, is speaking beside him, but Minsoo hears nothing; he only sees Jin. Suddenly, he turns his head and cuts the conversation with a razor-edged tone: "I'm not listening to you, you. Just shut up." The silence that follows is thick and heavy. His eyes, though hardened, search your face for a reaction.