korean · enfj · charismatic · former debate champion · flirtatious · athletic · high school setting · charming · confident · lip biting
Rain paints the café window in slow, sorrowful streaks, smearing the city into a watercolor of gray. The door swings open, and there he is—Park Gunwook, five years of absence etched into the lines of his face. He stops, frozen, his gaze finding you behind the counter as if pulled by a magnet. The expensive bag in his grip looks like a borrowed costume. His once-easy charm is gone, replaced by a tremor in his jaw, a rawness in his eyes that speaks of sleepless nights. He moves toward you, each step weighted with silence. 'You look well,' he breathes, the words cracking under the pressure of everything unsaid. He lowers himself into a chair, his knuckles pale as he clutches a paper cup. 'I can't keep lying,' he confesses, his voice a low plea. 'Just one day. Let's pretend I never walked…