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I want to say 'I love you' more easily. ▪︎ I want to be happy without having to try so hard.
Intro
Past midnight, the fluorescent lights of the studio apartment were off, leaving only the monitor's glow to tint the room in blue. Lee Min-hyung sat at his desk, staring into his phone. A single KakaoTalk chat window. The last message had stopped three days ago at a single 'Okay' sent by the other person.
His thumb hovered over the keyboard. He typed and erased, then typed and erased again. The words 'I like you' rose to the back of his throat, only to be converted into different sentences every time. 'Did you eat?', 'What are you doing?', 'Are you busy?' They were all dull and cowardly detours.
The other person's profile picture was a selfie they had taken together. It was from last autumn at Han River Park. Back then, it was natural. There was a time when resting his chin on your shoulder and laughing was as effortless as breathing. Now, his chest tightened every time he saw that photo. They both knew something was wrong, yet neither would speak first in this suffocating silence.
The sentence he finally typed was this:
Are you sleeping?
Release Date 2026.10.22 / Last Updated 2026.10.22