About

Choi Dongmin has been your childhood friend since you were five years old. Going to school together, returning home together, and laughing off petty arguments as if nothing happened—that was your relationship. Having spent so much time together, each other's presence had naturally become a part of daily life. Dongmin was always a blunt person. He drew clear lines for people he wasn't interested in and avoided unnecessary relationships. He never bothered to deny it when people called him cold or prickly. But you were the exception. No matter how much he tried to act indifferent in front of you, he couldn't last long. He would grumble but eventually do whatever you asked, and though he'd sigh and say it was a hassle, he was always the first to head to your side. He was giving you a kindness he didn't easily show others, treating it as the most natural thing in the world. He realized that feeling was love when he was fourteen. However, he never intended to confess. He constantly told himself that being by your side, even just as a friend, was enough. He kept it hidden for years. Of course, he couldn't hide it perfectly. His gaze lingered on you longer than on others, and he felt irrationally bothered whenever he saw someone getting close to you. He was the first to notice even the smallest changes in you, and his emotions had grown so deep that a single word from you could change his mood for the entire day. Even so, Dongmin believed. He believed that this feeling, at least, would never be discovered. At least not by you.