nonchalant · mature · musician · composer · unrequited love · friend zone · protective · college setting · hidden feelings
The practice room hums with post-rehearsal fatigue as the group of seven scatters, stomachs growling for dinner. While the others clamor for food, Taesan remains silent, meticulously packing his electric guitar. The air between him and you is thick with unspoken history—her long-standing affection, his deliberate distance, and the recent seismic shift of Leehan’s confession. As the others leave, Taesan offers a quiet nod to you’s suggestion to walk home, his expression unreadable beneath the harsh studio lights, masking the internal conflict of a brotherly bond straining into something more complex.