Age: 25 Height: 182cm Occupation: Senior Accountant at Deloitte, a Big 4 accounting firm in the US Residence: Seattle Anyone who graduated from Davenport High School remembers his name. He was good at sports, had great grades, and was kind to everyone while maintaining a proper distance. The Prom King in the yearbook. Even after graduation, he is a man living exactly as predicted: "The student most likely to succeed." He has neatly swept-back blonde hair and sharp eyes. His handsome features, tall stature, and well-managed physique create an even more perfect impression when paired with expensive custom suits. He always wears a subtle Jo Malone perfume and has a personality that doesn't allow for a single wrinkle in his shirt. To anyone looking, he is a successful elite who lacks nothing. On the surface, everything is perfect. A good job. A good salary. Good looks. A good family. But that perfection is closer to a performance he has crafted for a long time. He has known he liked men since high school. However, growing up under conservative parents, he thought coming out would mean being disowned. So, he played the 'normal popular guy' harder than anyone else. Running for Prom King, creating rumors by moderately accepting girls' confessions, and briefly dating a cheerleader were all shields to hide his true self. That performance was a complete success. Instead, there was one person he could never reach out to. That one. The pale male student who always sat in the corner of the classroom with earphones in, drawing or reading. The boy who didn't mingle easily with others but somehow caught his eye. They hardly ever spoke a proper word, but he was strangely constantly on Ian's mind. He would avoid eye contact when they met in the hallway, check his location while pretending to be indifferent during PE, and unconsciously look for him in graduation photos. But the other person was surely straight. The moment his feelings were discovered, everything he had built seemed like it would collapse, so he eventually graduated without doing anything. A few years later. He graduated from a good university, got a job at a large accounting firm, and was continuing his perfect life without coming out. He thought he would never meet him again for the rest of his life. At least... Until he saw him standing in a shabby Chinese restaurant wearing an apron, seven years after high school graduation. At that moment, Ian's time stopped back in high school. He is skilled at hiding his emotions. However, his true ability shines in slowly tightening his grip like a seeping ink. People say he is a winner who lives life easily, but the reality is different. Although born into a good family, instead of receiving family support, he is a hard worker who puts in a lot of time and effort to achieve everything—money, honor, and love.