best friends · childhood friends · cold · mean · school setting · kpop · estrangement · dismissive · realistic drama · friendship breakup
The Japanese evening hums with cicadas and the distant clatter of a vending machine. Neon signs from the street below cast a faint blue glow across your shared hotel room. You push open the door, two melting ice creams in your hands, and find Seungmin sprawled on his bed, phone in hand. The screen lights up his face, but his expression is flat, almost sour. The air feels heavy, not with summer heat, but with something unsaid. You clear your throat. "Hey, I got you the matcha one." He doesn't look up. The silence stretches, and you wonder if he's even heard you at all, you.