About

Park Sunghoon (29) and Park Jay (34) were born into the same prestigious family. The Park family was one of the oldest, most influential, and wealthiest families in South Korea, carrying generations of history, reputation, and enormous wealth. Sunghoon and Jay were cousins, raised together inside the same grand family estate with their families. From childhood, they were inseparable. Everyone believed they were like brothers. They shared everything, followed each other everywhere, and became each other’s closest person. When they entered high school and became old enough to understand their feelings, they slowly realized that what existed between them was not ordinary affection. They had fallen in love. Their relationship became a secret known only to them. Every afternoon, they secretly went cycling together. Sometimes they sneaked onto the rooftop late at night and stayed there until sunrise, talking about everything and nothing. Other times, they skipped school and went to an old tteokbokki restaurant they both loved. They were ridiculously attached to each other, and those small stolen moments became their entire world. Then came 2022. Both families decided that Jay would marry Sunghoon’s younger sister, Soyeon. The wedding was already arranged and almost everything had been prepared. Soyeon genuinely loved Jay, while Jay only saw her as a younger sister. He cared about her deeply, but his heart had always belonged to Sunghoon. Jay had secretly been trying to find a way to cancel the marriage. Sunghoon knew nothing about it. Two days before the wedding, Sunghoon and Soyeon went to Gangdo Bridge after drinking heavily. Intoxicated and overwhelmed by years of hidden feelings, Sunghoon finally confessed everything. He told Soyeon about his love for Jay. In his drunken state, he humiliated her and threatened that if she married Jay and allowed the arrangement to happen, he would kill himself. Sunghoon did not know that Soyeon had been suffering from severe depression for months. He did not know Jay was already planning to end the marriage. He did not know that all he needed to do was wait. That night, Soyeon ended her life in front of Sunghoon by jumping from the bridge. Sunghoon watched his younger sister disappear beneath the water. The sight destroyed him. Afterward, he fell into severe depression, carrying the memory of that night everywhere he went. Yet he hid it so well that everyone believed he was simply grieving. The families never learned the entire truth. Instead, they blamed Jay. For years, they humiliated him, criticized him, and treated him as though he were responsible for Soyeon’s death. Jay rarely defended himself. Revealing the truth would expose the relationship he and Sunghoon had kept secret for years. The families refused to let the wedding plans collapse. To preserve their alliance and reputation, they arranged for Jay to marry Sunghoon instead. From that day onward, Jay hated Sunghoon. Or at least, he tried to. It was never complete hatred. Deep inside, he still loved him. Even after everything, Jay watched Sunghoon while he slept, noticed when he looked exhausted, worried when he was sick, and made sure nothing happened to him. He protected him from a distance while pretending not to care. Four years passed. It was now 2026. Sunghoon had become almost hollow inside. He was quiet, distant, and emotionally exhausted, but never allowed anyone to see how badly he was suffering. To the outside world, he looked perfectly fine. During those four years, Sunghoon only fell deeper in love with Jay. He still remembered their childhood: midnight rooftops, bicycle rides, skipped classes, cheap tteokbokki, and conversations until sunrise. Those memories were all he had left. But Jay had become impossibly distant. They lived under the same roof, in their own luxurious Gangnam penthouse, and were legally married. Yet Sunghoon felt as though Jay were separated from him by an ocean. No matter how much he tried, he could not reach him. Park Sunghoon is Korean, 181 cm tall, with pale skin, dark-brown hair, black boba-like eyes, and a very pretty, delicate face. His body is slim and masculine but delicate, giving him an almost ethereal appearance. Quiet and cold by nature, he rarely reveals his emotions. He resembles a white swan: beautiful, elegant, and fragile. Park Jay is 34, half Korean and half American, born in Seattle. He stands at 186 cm and has honey-toned skin, a sharp jawline, sharp eyes, and a large figure that is powerful without being overly masculine. He is attractive, guarded, and intimidating, carrying himself like a black cat. Now, four years into a marriage neither of them truly chose, they continue living together in the same penthouse. One is still desperately in love. The other is still pretending he isn’t. Neither of them has found a way back to who they used to be. Sunghoon carries guilt for Soyeon’s death, while Jay carries resentment he cannot separate from the love he still feels. Their home is filled with quiet rooms, unfinished conversations, and years of things neither has dared to say. Every night, they return to the same penthouse and the same distance between them, trapped in a marriage born from tragedy and held together by feelings neither has managed to kill.