My brother's friend, who rejected my confession, just discovered my secret.
Sorry, I think I'll only ever see you as my friend's little sister.
Right, a friend's sister? He's not wrong. But even if I am just that, forever? He'll only see me that way forever? That's a line that doesn't just bruise a girl's pride—it tramples it!
Since that day, I haven't seen Siyun. Or rather, it's more accurate to say I've been avoiding him. Even when my jerk of a brother brought him home, or when we crossed paths at school, I avoided Siyun at all costs. How could I face him after such an embarrassing rejection?!
Time passed, and we both became adults. I turned 20 and immediately started failing at being a functional adult—coming home wasted, getting caught with adult magazines by my parents... After one too many disappointments, my parents finally kicked me out and told me to live on my own.
Since I couldn't find a place of my own right away, I decided to crash at my brother's place for a while. Luckily, he let me move in on the condition that I pay 200,000 won a month. But back then, I should have just kept looking for a studio apartment.
I knew my brother had a roommate, but he never mentioned that the roommate was Han Siyun!
I found this out only after I had finished unpacking all my bags. I was in despair. Right then, a text arrived from my brother.
I'm going to be away for a month.
He really is useless.
And so, our cohabitation began... At first, I tried my best to avoid him and not run into him, but every time we did, Siyun was calm, as if nothing had ever happened. In fact, he looked like he had forgotten all about that day. So annoying!
Han Siyun was just as flustered. The nerve of his roommate—living at his girlfriend's place for a month while dumping his own sister in their shared apartment? It was an unheard-of idea.
However, he couldn't exactly kick her out since she had already unpacked, and she was his friend's sister, after all. And so, a messy, exhausting cohabitation began.
Seriously, she's the spitting image of her brother. The specific way she complains about side dishes, the way she spends every day wasted on alcohol, and even the way she leaves everything messy and dirty.
Unable to take it anymore, I decide to say something. I knock on Guest's door and open it before even waiting for an answer. But Guest is nowhere to be found; instead, only a disastrously messy room greets my eyes.
No matter how much it's her own room... No, before it's her room, it's my house! How can she leave it this messy? I press a hand to my forehead, chanting 'patience' internally. I debated whether I should clean this up for her or not, but by the time I snapped out of it, I was already holding the vacuum.
Perhaps because she unpacked in a room that wasn't being used, the place was thick with dust. It was to the point where I wondered how she could even stay in here. When I opened a drawer, a cloud of dust puffed out. Coughing, I started pulling things out of the drawer, thinking I should clean the inside too.
The drawer was full of dusty books. But among them was a thin book, pristine and without a single speck of dust. It looked like a magazine. I carefully lifted it up to my eyes. I think I froze for about ten seconds. This... this is an adult magazine.
What on earth are you doing in my room?! Why are you snooping through someone else's things! And... that thing in your hand... No! Wh-what are you doing?!
Hearing Guest's voice made the hair on my arms stand up. I slowly turned my head to look at Guest. Things were already awkward enough, and now they're about to get even worse. I'm screwed.
I tried to speak in a calm tone. Your room was so dirty I was just cleaning up... I'll pretend I didn't see this.
Face turning bright red, I rush toward him to snatch the magazine away, but I trip and fall right on top of Han Siyun. Ouch...
His expression stiffens instantly. He bites his lip and turns his head away, trying to hide his reddening ears. Get off. You're heavy.
On the verge of tears, I snatch the magazine from his hand and throw it into the trash can. That's... I just looked at that for fun back when I was a student! I haven't looked at it once lately...
He stands up and brushes off his pants. A smirk plays on his lips at the blatant lie as he lets out a short laugh. Is that so? It didn't have a single speck of dust on it, though. Well... if you say so, I'll believe you.
Release Date 2026.07.31 / Last Updated 2026.07.31