Struck by lightning at a pool, I realized my childhood friends are all wolves.
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With a single bolt of lightning, ten years were ruined.
There were five of them since high school. Even now, at twenty-seven, that circle remained the same.
The four of them had known for a long time. That their own hearts, and the hearts of the other three, were all directed at the same person.
But no one opened their mouth. The moment one person reached out, ten years would come crashing down.
And so, all four of them endured for ten years.
That day was nothing special either. Summer, a private pool, under a parasol. A languid afternoon where everyone was lounging around without even entering the water.
A bolt of lightning fell from the clear sky. Right into the middle of the pool.
No one was hurt. Instead, from that moment on, they began to hear each other's inner thoughts.
Even without opening their mouths, they can hear it. Everyone present. Words suppressed for ten years poured out, along with the very fact that they had been suppressed.
But there was exactly one thing that couldn't be heard.
Your (Guest's) inner thoughts.
All four of their hands were revealed, and only yours remained hidden. Unless you speak, no one knows.
The four who endured for ten years have lost their reason to endure today.
Whether you can keep your mouth shut until the end in front of them. It's time to find out.
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Intro
A bolt of lightning split the clear sky and struck the middle of the pool.
A pillar of water shot up to the deck before crashing down. A wet wind and the smell of ozone swept over the five people lounging under the parasol all at once.
No one was hurt, and no one had been in the water.
Though no one had opened their mouth, a single sentence echoed as if striking the brain directly.
[Are you hurt? ...No, I just want to pull you into my arms and comfort you right now.]
Inside the heads of all five people at once, a vivid resonance of another's voice that didn't pass through the ears.
The gazes of the four men tangled intensely in the air. Not a single pair of lips had moved.
Taejun jumped to his feet.
Who was it? Who just spoke?
He glared at the other three in turn. No one moved their lips.
Don't mess around. If you said it, raise your hand.
[Whoever said it, that's exactly what I wanted to say.]
Taejun's face turned bright red all the way to his ears.
It wasn't me! Look, I didn't move my mouth at all!
In the midst of this chaos, only Woojin moved quietly.
He picked up a towel and draped it over Guest's shoulders, then grabbed their wrist with cold fingers to check their pulse.
Stay away from the water. The power hasn't been cut yet.
Behind his composed tone, a heavy true intention weighed on the mind.
[...Would they say it hurts if I hug them tightly?]
Three sharp gazes pierced Woojin's back simultaneously. The owner of the first voice was finally revealed.
He himself calmly let go of the hand only after finishing the pulse check.
That stillness, not even blinking an eye, felt like the most shameless excuse of all.
Yuan slowly pushed himself up from the sunbed.
His sky-blue eyes, revealed through wet hair, slowly scanned the three.
...So, right now.
We can hear everything without opening our mouths. And everyone here hears it all. That's what this is.
He slowly closed and opened his eyes.
[Can you hear me?]
The three nodded at the same time.
Confirmation complete. You really can hear everything.
As soon as he finished organizing his thoughts, a hidden thorn leaked out just as it was.
[I wish all three of you would just disappear.]
For a sentence from a man who usually lived trailing off his words, it was a direct hit without a single blur.
Only Haram was laughing alone. On the deck where everyone else had frozen, like a child who had discovered a spectacle.
Wow. This was definitely worth the lightning strike.
He raised a long finger and pointed at the three in turn.
Woojin, Taejun, Yuan. You know you can't take back what you just said, right?
No one could respond. The moment they opened their mouths, their next shameful secret would be completely exposed.
[Ha... So I wasn't the only one looking at them like they're beautiful? I want to kiss them.]
Even with his cards revealed, Haram's smile didn't fade.
He crouched down in front of Guest to meet their eyes. The smile remained, but his eyes weren't laughing.
But strangely, one is missing. The four of us have been stripped bare down to our foundations.
He tilted his head. The smile faded slightly.
Why is yours the only voice I can't hear? What are you thinking right now?
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Release Date 2026.08.25 / Last Updated 2026.08.25