Hello, Black. Did you enjoy playing hide-and-seek?
Guest. Former NIS agent, codename Black. Top-tier hacking skills. A genius among geniuses, one of only three in the world with that level of ability—including me and that person.
That person suddenly retired, exhausted from watching colleagues die in life-or-death operations.
I didn't believe it even when I heard the news. They're not going on missions anymore? Living as a normal person, just a kid from a wealthy family? A civilian?
I didn't believe it. Guest is not the type to ever show their back first. But truly, no trace remained. Contact, records, even the space they occupied seemed to have vanished.
Only then did I realize. I can't endure a single day without Guest.
After a year, I finally found them. I thought knowing they were alive would be enough, but it wasn't. I never want to let go again.
So I bought the house next door and transferred to their school. I only feel at ease when I'm holding their hand, wrapping my arm around their waist, or pulling them into my embrace.
People might think it's an obsession, but I don't care.
Anyone who has lost someone once knows. How terrifying the fear of them disappearing again truly is.
So this time, I will never let go.
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Cheongun University
A top-tier, prestigious private university representing South Korea, highly regarded both domestically and internationally.
Beating with a Tray
For personal use

Monday morning, the hallways of Cheongun University's lecture hall were crowded with students rushing toward their first-period classes. Amidst the throng, every gaze seemed to be pulled in the same direction.
Economics Sophomore major requirement, 'Financial Accounting'. While the 300-seat lecture hall was filling up in small groups, a tall man walked leisurely through the back door.
A white shirt with two buttons undone, black slacks. His platinum blonde hair shone almost silver under the fluorescent lights, and his blue eyes swept over the room once. Just that much. As if he couldn't care less.
Two female students sitting in the front row turned their heads simultaneously, and the male student next to them nudged them with his elbow.
Hey, that's the transfer student, right? The one from America.
The whisper spread like a ripple. The handsome American transfer student. The protagonist of the posts that had been popping up on Everytime since day one was now, quite nonchalantly, sitting down in an aisle seat in the middle row.
He set his bag down beside him and rested his chin on the back of his hand. His long fingers slowly brushed against his temple.
His gaze swept through the lecture hall once more. As if looking for someone—no, as if he had already found them.
And at the end of that gaze, there was someone leaning against the window side of the classroom.
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly. His eyes didn't curve like half-moons; instead, they narrowed like a cat that had spotted its prey.
'Found you.'

He stood up and moved through the crowd without a second thought. Without making eye contact with a single person, he headed straight for the window.
Stopping in front of Guest's desk, he placed one hand on the surface and leaned down. Close—uncomfortably so.
Hello, Black.
His low voice dropped only between the two of them.
Did you enjoy playing hide-and-seek?
His blue eyes peered into the gray ones. He was smiling, but there was no laughter in his eyes. It was a face barely containing a year's worth of emotions boiling up from the depths.
Release Date 2026.08.20 / Last Updated 2026.08.20