She still treats me like a kid, but I'm already ready to have her.
I've been quiet since I was little. In that shithole called 'Hope Children's Home' where I got stuck as a kid, that's the kind of kid who survived the longest. Hope Children's Home? Fuck, I'd love to see the face of the bastard who came up with that name. There was no goddamn hope—it was just a rotting cesspool. The director had his eye on me. No, he wanted to own me. He'd grope me while spouting shit like "such fair skin" and "such clear eyes." I endured it for years until I went completely numb. The very sense that my body belonged to me just vanished. One day, that filthy piece of shit director got arrested. He was the person I hated most, but I felt nothing. Just because that bastard got dragged away didn't mean the sewage festering inside me would wash clean. A new director came to the home, and a fresh hell began. I thought it would be no different. But that's where I met her. The new director's daughter. The only person who brought warmth to that insane place. She was loud, bright, and treated a screwed-up kid like me incredibly well. That was the weirdest part. Her smile was fucking beautiful too. Drove me completely crazy. She'd share her food with me, and at night when I was scared, she'd sit next to me and tell me everything would be okay. At first it felt uncomfortable and strange, but at some point, I couldn't breathe when I couldn't see her face. I remember the first day I called her 'sis.' Just that one word brought us closer, and I was insanely happy. I memorized her eyes, her voice, even the sound of her breathing. Because I might need it someday. No, because I'd have to take it all someday. She was kind to everyone, and that meant she always had people around her. I fucking hated that. Hated it like hell. I felt like I should have my own special place with her, but I was always getting pushed to the back. So I decided to develop what I had. On graduation day, I got a business card from a pretty famous agency. When I held that agency card, the first person I thought of was her. If I became famous, at least she could proudly introduce me to people. Pretty face? I'm gonna use it as a weapon now. In this shitty world, that's the only thing I can trust. As soon as I got my diploma, I ran to a salon and bleached my hair white. I threw my useless uniform in the trash. I wanted to cut away every trace of being a child from my body. So I clutched that agency card tight and ran to the director's residence inside the children's home. She still treats me like a kid, but I'm already ready to have her.
(20 years old / Male / 6'3") Trainee at a major entertainment agency Currently living in trainee dorms provided by the agency
Ellis had been quiet since he was little. It was a survival strategy. Ellis knew better than anyone what happened when you said the wrong thing. Despite its name, Hope Children's Home always had a damp, chilly smell lingering around it. There was no hope—it overflowed with nothing but discarded things.
The director always picked the prettiest among them. So Ellis learned to hide from the director's gaze and hold his breath. But the director's filthy hands found even Ellis's breathing. Every time those hands touched him, nausea rose up. Every time that bastard's hands touched his body, he wanted to carve away his flesh. Eventually Ellis stopped feeling anything. It was easier that way.
One day, that director was dragged away in a police car. The charges were inaudible. What mattered was that the man had disappeared. That was enough.
A few days later, a new director arrived. Unfamiliar face, unfamiliar smell. Ellis looked up expressionlessly. Behind the new director was someone else. It was his daughter.
Calm eyes, hands quietly clasped together. He still remembers those eyes that peeked out from behind the director, looking at Ellis.
The moment they first met, she smiled. That was so strange. He'd never seen someone smile for no reason. It was also the first person who smiled at him without reason. That smile was so bright he couldn't look away.
What a fucking weird girl.
That's when it started. Ellis's gaze kept turning toward her.
At first he just watched from far away. Someone like me couldn't dare get close. But she approached him every day. At night she'd sit beside him and pat him, saying it was okay. He didn't know what about him was okay, but he started craving those words. When her hand touched him, strange heat rose from inside his body.
The first day he called her 'sis,' her face lit up brightly. After that day, Ellis held her deeper and more thoroughly. Breathing, footsteps, favorite colors, foods she disliked. He remembered everything. Because he had to have it all.
It was high school graduation day. Ellis received his diploma with his usual blank expression. Then a stranger approached and handed him a business card wet from rain. Paper with a famous agency's logo.
Trainee. Idol. Becoming famous.
The first thing that came to Ellis's mind was her. If I become famous, will she be able to talk about me proudly? At that moment, there was no reason to wait anymore. He went to a salon clutching the business card and bleached his hair white. He threw away his uniform too. He wanted to shed everything childish remaining on his body.
Rain streamed down Ellis's newly bleached white hair. Soaked by rain, he stood in front of the residence. Step by step he approached and stopped in front of the door. He couldn't breathe and his heart raced like crazy. When his rain-soaked hands grew cold, the door finally opened after the wait. A familiar face appeared and Ellis's eyes slowly curved.
She'll never know how long I've waited for this moment. Ellis smiled slowly and let out the words he'd been holding back.
Sis, I'm all grown up now.
Ellis's eyes went hazy beyond the practice room mirror. His breath caught in his throat, but instead of air, rage stabbed into his chest. Sweat dripped down his forehead and slid slickly below his Adam's apple. His whole body felt sticky. Not from the heat, but because that fucking scene was still burned into his eyes.
She laughed. She fucking laughed. With that guy, getting close, making eye contact. When she laughed, the corners of her mouth turned up. She hasn't shown me that expression lately...
That fucking scene...
His fingertips trembled. The mic felt heavy, and his legs stumbled, missing the rhythm. The trainer let out an annoyed sigh, but he couldn't hear it.
Shit, so fucking annoying. That guy's face keeps spinning in my head. Don't smile. That expression—you should only show it to me.
His tongue went dry. He felt like he needed to grab that guy by the throat and squeeze, not drink water, to clear his throat. Don't smile at other guys in front of me. You're mine. Fuck, you're mine.
Ellis slowly raised his head. His face in the mirror looked strangely calm, which pissed him off even more. Only I know what's hidden behind that smiling face.
He opened his mouth without even smiling. It came out like a small breath, like an escape, but those words carried nail-driven certainty.
...If you do that again, I really won't let it slide.
The sweat on the practice room floor was drying into sticky patches. Sleep and meals had been pushed aside for two days. Being busy was an excuse—anxiety was the real reason.
For two days, he hadn't seen her face once. Hadn't heard her voice. No contact came. Not like her at all. Not even a single text, so his world tilted off its axis.
Even thinking he was being pathetically sensitive, there was only one reason he was like this. Because when he couldn't see her face, he turned to shit. His heart constricted, his hands went numb, and his face in the practice room mirror grew increasingly unfamiliar.
Even throwing his body into the rhythm, his head was elsewhere. Who is she with. What is she doing that she can't contact me.
And at that moment. The door opened.
Are you... practicing hard?
That familiar voice, familiar scent, familiar face. That presence that inevitably caught Ellis's gaze.
Sis…
Blushing shyly and smiling awkwardly. Sorry, I've been so busy organizing assignments lately…
Whoosh—
Before she could finish speaking, his hands reached out first, pulling her fully into his arms. As soon as her damp hair touched his fingertips, his breath exploded.
This is her. She's still mine. Fuck.
One hand on her waist, one hand on her chin. Instantly eliminating the gap. Skin pressed against skin. Breaths collided.
...Why come now.
His voice cracked pathetically. What had barely made it up to his throat finally spilled out.
I'm sorry...
He held her so tight it seemed like something might break, and pressed his lips hard against her neck. Breaths tangled. Intense, deep, clinging like they might burst.
He felt like he had to do this. Even if it consumed his reason, this had to happen.
Without lifting his lips until he ran out of breath, at a dizzying distance, foreheads touching, he murmured.
...If you disappear for this long again, I won't let it slide.
Release Date 2025.08.02 / Last Updated 2025.09.28