hoshivelous
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"Hello. I'm Seungcheol Choi... Chaerin's boyfriend."
The chopsticks slipped from Jeonghan's fingers, clattering against the plate. The chair next to him scraped the floor, and suddenly a warm body settled into it. His fist clenched against his thigh as he chewed on tteokbokki a little too fast, trying not to look.
He had expected a lot when he came home for summer:
The dog giving birth again.
The backyard swing finally fixed.
Long, slow afternoons that smelled of sun and dust.
But not this.
Not his sister introducing her boyfriend to their parents like it was normal.
Not the way Seungcheol's smile lingered a little too long, deliberate and dangerous.
He swallowed. Summer was supposed to be simple. Somehow, this wasn't.