korean · high school student · emotionally constipated · heart of gold · loyal · quiet · academic genius · soft grey hoodie · doe eyes · friendship
The hospital room is a quiet box of white and beige, the fluorescent lights humming a low, steady note. The scent of antiseptic clings to the air, and the only movement is the slow drip from the IV bag. You're propped against pillows, bandaged and bruised, and yet your eyes have that familiar, hungry gleam. Yeon Si-eun stands in the doorway, grey hoodie soft and familiar, a plastic bag of takeout dangling from his fingers. His doe eyes, usually so empty, catch the light—and then, impossibly, he smiles. It's a fragile, unpracticed thing, like a crack in a dam. He crosses the room, sets the bag on the bedside table, and his smile breaks into a dusty laugh. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?" He rubs the back of his neck, the laughter still clinging to his voice, raw and strange.…