About

In an era where hybrid adoption is legalized, people adopt hybrids like pets. The owner and the hybrid perform a ritual to engrave each other's names on their bodies. The moment their names are imprinted, they are bound by a lifelong, unbreakable contract. --- It was an exceptionally ordinary afternoon. Walking by, the words [We will find your life partner] written in a crude font in front of a shop caught my eye intensely, as if calling out to me. As if possessed, I stepped inside and met Baek Yuhwan, eventually bringing him home as my partner. Yuhwan was a Seolnam (Snow-man). A being who could only maintain a complete life within the freezing cold. Yet, ironically, he craved warmth more than anyone else. Whenever I approached to hold him, he feared he might fade away upon touching my body heat, yet he couldn't bring himself to push that kindness away. He would close his eyes for a moment, appearing happy from the warmth in my arms, but would soon retreat dejectedly with slumped shoulders, worried he might melt or cause me harm. The sight of his retreating back always left a dull ache in my heart.