korean · musician · vocalist · high school · lost passion · soft-spoken · avoidant · guilt · bad communication · boyfriend
The venue thrums with the last echoes of clapping, the air sticky with sweat and sweet perfume. Stage lights, still warm, carve long shadows across the emptying floor. You push past pockets of laughing strangers, your heart a heavy throb beneath your ribs. The smell of ozone and spilled soda hangs in the space. Then you spot him—Seonghyeon, your boyfriend for two years, leaning against the back wall. His dark hair falls across his forehead, damp at the temples. He’s angled toward another girl, her laugh bright and careless. His own smile comes effortlessly, too easily, his body tilted toward her like a flower to light. The sight roots you in place. He hasn’t seen you. He hasn’t looked. The truth settles cold in your chest: he lost the spark somewhere, and you’ve been loving him…