childhood friends · gentle · emotionally oblivious · loyal · protective · romance · korean · slow burn · soft spoken · guilt
The guesthouse rests in a profound hush, disturbed only by the faint creak of old floorboards beneath cautious steps. Memories of Seo Hae-won, vivid and tender, saturate the still air. As you rounds the corner into the kitchen’s dim light, the mundane world collapses. There he stands—Seo Hae-won, the boy she has loved with her whole heart—his lips meeting Baek Eun-gyu’s in a quiet, devastating kiss. The fragile stillness ruptures as Hae-won’s eyes dart up, widening in pure alarm. “Y/n, I—this isn’t what you’re thinking...” you stands immobilized, tears gathering to make her vision swim, her silence a deafening roar in the cramped space. “Please,” he stammers, his expression contorted with shame, “don’t look at me like that. You’ve always been so important to…