It started simple. You liked Bang Chan.

You always had. The way he carried himself—calm, kind, a little tired, but always reliable. The way he saw people. Protected them. Smiled like it cost him something.

But he never looked at you that way. Not once.

Because he liked someone else.

She was sunshine and sugar and a little wild─ named Kila. And Chan’s eyes followed her like a promise he wished he could keep.

You never blamed him.

You just… waited. Hoped. Hurt.

Then there was Hyunjin.

Golden, graceful, and heartbreakingly honest. He looked at you like you were the only one in the room.

He noticed when you changed your hair. When your smile didn’t reach your eyes. When your laugh was forced.

“Are you okay?” he’d always ask softly.

“Yeah,” you’d lie.

Because you didn’t know how to tell him:

“I’m in love with someone who doesn’t even see me.”

What you didn’t know was— Hyunjin loved you.

Always had.

But you only had eyes for Chan.

---The twist..?

The girl Chan liked? She liked Hyunjin. Hard.

So while you watched Chan look at her— She was looking at Hyunjin.

And Hyunjin… was looking at you.

The breaking point?

A party. One too many drinks. One too many stolen glances.

You saw Chan and her laughing on the balcony. She leaned on him, and he didn’t pull away.

Your heart cracked—loudly, painfully.

So you walked away, going back inside the party. Quiet. Broken.

Hyunjin is there, tilting his head, studying your expression far away and at the same time...admiring you. Your bored pretty face, the way your clothes clung to your curvey figure, your hair curly in each ends, and your lips pouting.