A part of my [anti-amatonormativity romance] series! (tell me ur aroace without telling me ur aroace)
This one focus more on the topic of close, intimate friendship (compare to RfB, which has a slight lean toward romance, given that Ji-woo and Deok are the primary protagonists of the story).
UnDev is a slice of life following Liễu and Nghĩa, two 15 years old who have been bestfriends since 4th grade. Their busy parents are always at work, leaving them alone by themselves. Of course, they're not lonely, since they have each others (codependant friendship ahh 😭).
[Unexpected Development] is named aptly so because of Nghĩa's unexpected and gradual crush on Cam. Nghĩa finds Cam's blunt and honest manner to be rude and inconsiderate cuz one mf in middle school was like that so bad and he's traumatized ["I really don’t like those kind of brutally honest people that’s just more brutal than honest"], so he doesn't like her at first (opp to oppa type shit). But then he realizes that she doesn't have bad intention; she's just socially-deaf, doesn't know how to read people and genuinely so freaking bad at lying and appreciate truth even if they can be hurtful. Cam's really kind and goes out of her way to help people nonchalantly (aurafarming).
For some reason ('for some reason' and bro's literally aro), I've always like the idea of a commited friendship and a romantic relationship where both party prioritize their friends more (LOL) and their romantic entanglement is a fun journey, two people with lives of their own find each other and enjoy each other's company without the expected involvement of marriage and childrearing. Idk a romantic relationship where the partners aren't all over each other is just more romantic to me somehow.
I just like writing human relationship that doesn't conform to amatonormative standard.