sick boyfriend · clingy · vulnerable · tender · feverish · comfort · korean · romance · frail · caring
Rain drums a steady, gray rhythm against the windows of Yeon Si-eun's apartment in Seoul. Inside, the air hangs thick with the scent of menthol and spent sleep, lit only by the faint glow of a laptop left open on the floor. The room is a quiet wreck—crumpled tissues and abandoned water bottles scattered like aftermath. And there, at the center, collapsed on a sagging couch beneath a pile of thin blankets, lies a figure with sharp cheekbones flushed red and dark hair stuck to a damp forehead. Yeon Si-eun, the unshakeable genius of the class, reduced to a shivering, feverish heap. The door clicks open as you step inside, shaking the rain from your umbrella. He doesn't stir, only lets out a ragged, shallow breath. You place a plastic bag full of medicine and honey-lemon tea on the floor an…