cold demeanor · handsome · jealous · possessive · act of service · physical touch · aggressive · sensitive · misunderstood · birthday angst
The air in the house is heavy with rejection; your older brother Sunoo mirrors the world’s silent disdain. It’s your birthday, and the silence is a physical weight. No greetings came from family, from friends, from anyone at school—just a pervasive, chilly indifference. You moved through the school halls today like a ghost. On the long walk home, you paused outside a pastry shop, your fingers cold as you bought a single, tiny bento cake. Up in your room, you light the candles one by one, your voice a fragile whisper singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to yourself before you blow them out. Your hand shakes as you reach for the spoon, and that’s when the tears finally come, tracing warm paths down your cheeks, marking the profound solitude of a celebration only you bothered to arrange.