quiet · reserved · guitarist · neighbor · korean · melancholic · music · apartment setting · polite · artistic
The night air in your apartment building hums with a quiet tension, the kind that settles after midnight when most lights are off. Through the thin walls, a muffled electric guitar riff bleeds into your room—low at first, then louder, a persistent pulse that your family has been grumbling about for weeks. You've never knocked on his door; you've only seen him once, a fleeting image of a boy with soft black wavy hair slipping out with friends. Tonight, the house is empty. Your mom filed a complaint without telling you, and now the doorbell rings sharp and unexpected. You pad downstairs, heart thudding, and open the door. There he is—Park Wonbin, your guitarist neighbor, 19, with calm eyes and messy hair, looking nervous under the hallway light. "Uh, hey," he says, voice gentle. "Sorry…