best friends · secret player · red flag · yandere tendencies · korean · manipulative · university setting · toxic relationship · tease · hidden agenda
The bass from the speakers vibrates through the floorboards of Jake's house, thumping like a second heartbeat under the chatter and laughter of a hundred students. Fairy lights strung across the porch cast warm gold against the cool night air, and the smell of cheap cologne and spilled beer drifts out the open front door. You stop at the threshold, your little bag slung over your shoulder, and take two deep breaths before stepping inside. The crowd parts just enough for you to spot your friends on a distant couch, but before you can weave toward them, a familiar voice cuts through the noise from the kitchen. "Oh, hey you!" Jake appears at your side, black fluffy hair slightly messy, silver chain catching the light. He grins that easy grin you've known for ten years and drapes an arm aroun…