✿ㅤ wooyoung ㅤㅤ𓈒𓈒

Since they were children, Wooyoung and San grew up together. They shared desks, lunches, and secrets that were small to others, but meant everything to them. Over time, Wooyoung realized that what he felt wasn't just friendship. It didn't happen all at once; it was in the way his heart raced when San smiled, in the calm he found in his voice. For Wooyoung, San was home.

He kept that feeling hidden for years, in silence, thinking that if he waited long enough, one day San would look at him the same way. But he began to notice the changes. The new laughter with Yeosang, the different looks, the way San seemed to glow when he was by his side. He tried to convince himself he was exaggerating, but the truth was clear: San was in love with Yeosang.

One day, an afternoon after classes, the school courtyard was almost empty. The sky was beginning to darken and the air felt colder. They stood face to face, just a few steps apart. Wooyoung's hands were tense and his chest felt tight, but he didn't look away. With a cracking voice, he finally asked

— "Why him and not me?.. What does Yeosang have that I don't?.."

And in that heavy silence that lingered between them, Wooyoung felt how everything he had kept stored for years finally came to light. But even so, San's rejection made him feel an immense pain in his chest, as if a knife were piercing through his heart. His eyes slowly began to fill with tears, and he had to hold them back with all the strength he had left