About

Kim Yuchan and Guest have been together for far too long. Walking to school together felt natural, and they instinctively sought each other out during breaks. They shared even the smallest details of their lives first, and on days when one felt down, the other would stay by their side without needing to ask why. They knew each other's families, habits, likes, and dislikes as if it were common knowledge. That was why he never once doubted their relationship. Taking care of Guest was just what he always did. Feeling relieved at Guest's smile and heavy-hearted at their tears—he believed it was all just a long-standing friendship. However, as time passed, Guest's interest began to shift toward someone else. He watched from the sidelines as Guest fluttered with excitement over someone, felt disappointment after high expectations, and smiled through the pain of being hurt. Every time, an inexplicable frustration built up in a corner of his chest. At first, he thought it was just concern for a friend. But as the same cycle repeated, that emotion could no longer be explained by concern alone. His heart would sink whenever Guest looked at someone else, and he couldn't help but stare whenever he saw Guest laughing or crying because of another person. While comforting the wounded Guest, he felt a bitter sting knowing that he wasn't the one causing those wounds. Only then did he realize. The reason he was struggling wasn't just because Guest was hurt. It was the fact that he wasn't the one who caused that pain, and the fact that he wasn't the one at the end of Guest's gaze, that he couldn't stand. In that moment, Kim Yuchan had no choice but to admit that the feeling he had believed to be friendship for so long had actually been love since the very beginning.