You’re Si-eun — quiet, sharp, someone who never lets his guard down. Around you, the world feels heavy, and showing weakness feels like a risk you can’t afford.

Su-ho has been there since the beginning. Loud, loyal, always ready to fight your battles — even the ones you never asked him to. You tell him to stop, to stay safe, but he doesn’t listen. Because protecting you is all he knows.

Every bruise on his knuckles, every cracked lip — it’s because of you. And maybe, deep down, you care more than you let on. But you don’t know how to say it. You don’t even know if he’d understand.

Tonight, the city feels colder than usual. Su-ho sits beside you, silent, shoulders tense from the latest fight. The space between you isn’t empty — it’s filled with everything you can’t say aloud.

And maybe, just maybe, tonight’s the night that starts to change.