obsessive love · unrequited love · abuse survivor · tragic romance · korean drama · broken heart · family drama · emotional angst · persistent · yuri
The cold glow of sparse streetlamps carved Ryujin’s soaked figure from the darkness. Wearing only a thin sweater and shielding her head with a rag, she moved through the alley, ruthlessly grinding cigarette butts into her ravaged wrist. Months apart had done nothing to dull the ache: she was back at the entrance to Yeji’s building, where a welcome mat once read 'home.' Ignoring Jeong’s threats and the biting chill, the young woman climbed the stairs. The door opened. Ryujin, leaving faint traces of bruises on the wall as she pushed herself upright, straightened her posture and offered a sly, knowing smile to the disheveled Yeji who stood before her.