kimariya01
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Dunk had known Joong for years.
Or at least, he thought he did.
Joong was his sister Mira's best friend, the familiar face who occasionally appeared at family dinners, the man their parents adored, and the person everyone seemed convinced would one day end up with Mira.
But when Dunk moves to the city to live with his sister and begins college, he finally gets to know Joong properly.
And Joong is nothing like the distant memory Dunk had of him.
He is annoyingly protective. He calls Dunk kiddo, ruffles his hair, teases him, and treats him like the little brother he never had.
Dunk hates it.
Until somewhere between late-night conversations, quiet smiles, shared moments, and feelings he can't explain, he realizes he doesn't want to be Joong's little brother.
He wants to be something more.
But some feelings are easier to hide than to confess.
So Dunk keeps his love to himself, even when jealousy burns quietly inside him, even when seeing Joong beside Mira hurts, even when every small kindness makes him fall a little deeper.
Sometimes love has to wait until two people are finally ready to become something neither of them had the courage to name.
And somewhere between leaving and coming home, they found the place where they became us.