hyunjin

Hwang Hyunjin always irritated you. He was too confident. You constantly clashed at university—barbed remarks, tense glances, the coldness between you was palpable even from a distance. You were enemies, but you had someone who made everything easier. Your boyfriend. It was calm and warm with him. You lived together, shared every day, every little thing. The day before your birthday, he left in the evening, saying he would be back soon. You didn't pay attention—you thought he was preparing a surprise. He was gone in the morning. No message, no note. You tried not to think about the bad. At university, people congratulated you, gave you attention, and you even laughed, but your thoughts still returned to him. In the evening , the apartment greeted you with silence. Too deaf. You were sitting, staring at your phone, when there was a knock on the door. Hyunjin was standing on the threshold. without his usual smirk. serious. he handed you a piece of paper *

• you unfolded it... and everything inside you fell apart. death certificate. your boyfriend's name... you looked up at him, not believing it. hyunjin just looked at you calmly and said

"Happy birthday"