Author: AHOF JAEYEL

Chapter 6 Mornings had started to look different. There was sunlight spilling through Jaerim’s half-open curtains – not that he opened them himself. That was all Dohyun. The coffee table, once a disaster zone of empty cups and snack wrappers, now had sketchbooks spread out across it, pencils scattered like fallen leaves. Dohyun sat cross-legged […]

Chapter 5 The café was louder than usual that afternoon. Milk frother hissing, the low hum of conversation, someone’s laughter cutting through the music. Dohyun barely heard any of it. He smiled automatically as he handed a latte to a regular, bowing slightly when she thanked him – but it was muscle memory. His mind […]

Chapter 4 Dohyun wasn’t sure when “dropping by” turned into a routine. Maybe it was the third time Jaerim didn’t bother pretending to be surprised when he showed up. Or the day Jaerim opened the door while brushing his teeth and just pointed to the kitchen without a word. Whatever it was, Dohyun had somehow […]

Chapter 3 Jaerim’s apartment looked… almost worse than before. Somehow, between that night and now, a few new snack wrappers had appeared on the coffee table. But there was also a cutting board on the counter, and two eggs left out – like he’d tried to do something before giving up halfway. Dohyun smiled faintly. […]

Chapter 1 The bell over the café door jingled again, and Dohyun flashed his usual easy smile before he even looked up. It was automatic at this point – muscle memory, like breathing. “Two caramel lattes and a croissant?” he guessed, already tapping the order into the screen. The two girls in front of him […]