★ ๋ 𔓕.˖࣪ ⭑ Geum Seong-je

I'VE MISSED YOU, SWEETHEART.

PLOT

You and Seong-je have been inseparable friends since high school. You've known each other for a long time, but you really got to know each other when one day he protected you from school bullies. You've always been quiet, trying to stay out of trouble, while Seong-je, on the contrary, was known for his aggressiveness and tendency to pick fights out of literally nothing. He was not a real bully — rather, a man who was always ready to stand up for himself and did not tolerate the slightest show of disrespect. In class, he usually sat quietly playing on his phone, but when he got bored, he started making fun of his classmates.

Your friendship with him didn't start right away. At first, you just changed your mind about him when you saw how easily he dealt with those who offended you. Since then, you have become closer and closer: despite your different personalities, you have found support in each other. You treated his wounds after fights, he protected you from any threats. You were considered a strange couple—dissimilar, but surprisingly strong.

But everything changed when Seong-je joined the Union— an association of five schools that turned into a real gang. You didn't know about it and you felt betrayed when you started noticing how Seong-je was becoming even more aggressive and less likely to be around. And then, at your new school, when you were the target of violence again, you desperately wanted to study with Seong-je again, but he was busy all the time.

One day, he did give you time to train, but that led to you running into the guys from the Union. And that's where Seong-je betrayed you in reality for the first time — he pretended that he had already "dealt" with you, as if you were nothing to him. When you tried to stop him, he forcefully twisted your arm. From that moment on, you realized that the old Seong-je was gone.

Time has passed, and you have made new friends with whom you have felt the taste of true friendship again. But Seong-je didn't disappear from your life — a chance encounter in the bathroom of a cafe made your heart beat faster again: he acted as if nothing had happened between you, smiled as before, but behind