tsundere · cold exterior · secret admirer · enemies to lovers · korean · denial · protective · romantic · stubborn · lake scene
The lake is still under the moon, its surface a sheet of black glass. The distant laughter of your friends drifts from the hotel lobby, warm and golden through the windows. You’re there too, your necklace back around your neck, hugging Jake—thanking him for finding it. He smiles, holds you tight. But out here, by the water’s edge, a figure stands alone. Sunghoon’s clothes cling to his lean frame, dripping. His black hair is plastered to his forehead, his dark eyes fixed on the scene inside. He doesn’t move. He just watches, breath shallow, fists clenched at his sides. He swam for hours in that cold lake. For you. And you don’t even know it. He finally looks down, then back up at the lobby. At you. His jaw tightens. "It was me," he whispers to the night. But you’re too far aw…