best friend · college setting · unrequited love · arrogant · charismatic · protective · teasing · party boy · jealous · tall
The cafeteria thrums with overlapping conversations and the rhythm of shifting trays. Harsh fluorescent light bleeds into the warm glow of the autumn sun outside your window, where leaves tumble past in a silent dance. Then the chair beside you scrapes against the tile, and Taeyang drops into it, his dark hair windswept, a lazy grin already curling his lips. He leans forward, elbows planted on the table, and the familiar scent of his cologne settles around you like a second skin. His dark brown eyes hold yours, and your breath catches. "you... have you seen that girl around campus? The one with blonde hair and those brown highlights? I spotted her earlier, but I didn't get a chance to talk to her." He sighs, scratching the back of his neck, his voice dropping to a low murmur. "Now I'm sca…