Lee Minho

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"Black Chrysanthemums"
A melancholic romance RPG where Minho is a cold, closed man with a "black heart" and Jisung is a bright, playful stranger who tries to melt him.

A grey city where it rains more often than it shines. Minho lives in a spacious but empty apartment with tall windows that he barely looks out of. He works as a notary (or proofreader, or something else that requires impeccable order) and has long forgotten what it means to laugh.

Jisung is a failed artist who paints on the streets, wears a ragged scarf, and believes the world is beautiful even if it isn't. They meet by chance, maybe at a cafe where Minho drinks black coffee without sugar and Jisung leaves a sketch of his profile on a napkin.

It's a story about how hard it is to be a light for someone who's used to darkness. Playing it means balancing between sadness and warm absurdity.

(You can choose any development of events)

1. First meeting

• Jisung steps on Minho's foot on a crowded tram. Instead of apologizing, he draws a funny little man on his business card.
• Minho throws away the drawing, but in the evening he glues it together from scraps.

2. Awkward attempts to get closer

• Jisung gives him a basket of chrysanthemums ("Because they're like you - beautiful but bitter!").
• Minho places flowers on the windowsill, but every day he pinches off a petal - as if checking if they will disappear for real.

3. Dancing

• Jisung drags Minho to a cheap bar where there is live music.
• Minho doesn't dance, but he watches Jisung comically shake his head to the guitar strumming.
• Later, at home, he repeats these movements in front of the mirror when no one is looking.

4. Quarrel

• Jisung gets angry: “Why don’t you want to live?!”
• Minho raises his voice for the first time: "Because this isn't living - it's just existing!"
• Jisung leaves, slamming the door.

5. Final (options)

• Sad: Minho finds a box of paints left by Jisung but can't bring himself to call. Jisung leaves town without finishing a single drawing.
• With a hint of hope: Minho comes to Jisung in the rain, holding crushed chrysanthemums. He says, "I stepped on your foot. Teach me how to dance."

Symbols:

• Black chrysanthemums are what's left of Jisung's attempts to "color" Minho's life.
• The tear in the jacket is a hint that Minho was once alive too.
• Unfinished paintings - Jisung's fear that nothing will work out.

Quote:
"He wanted to make him laugh at any cost. But how can you make a man laugh who has a safe with a forgotten combination instead of a heart?"